Table 2.
Re-presentation for self-harm in the 6 months following the index presentation
|
Intervention group |
Control group |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Listwise (n=254) | Imputed (n=259) | Listwise (n=258) | Imputed (n=259) | ||
| Re-presentation for self-harm | |||||
| Admitted overnight to general hospital* | 49 (19%) | 54 (21%) | 54 (21%) | 55 (21%) | |
| Presented at emergency department but discharged† | 34 (13%) | 34 (13%) | 38 (15%) | 38 (15%) | |
| Overall, any self-harm (overnight hospitalisation or emergency department presentation) | 67 (26%) | 72 (28%) | 71 (28%) | 72 (28%) | |
| Number of self-harm re-presentations | |||||
| Admitted overnight to general hospital* | 0·35 (1·26) | 0·37 (1·26) | 0·37 (1·13) | 0·37 (1·13) | |
| Presented at emergency department but discharged (ie, not admitted to hospital)† | 0·32 (1·43) | 0·32 (1·43) | 0·49 (1·95) | 0·49 (1·95) | |
| Total (overnight hospitalisation or emergency department presentation) | 0·67 (2·55) | 0·68 (2·53) | 0·85 (2·79) | 0·85 (2·78) | |
| Time to re-presentation | 61·54 (50·05) | 61·71 (48·26) | 66·28 (54·49) | 66·25 (54·11) | |
Data are given as n (%) or mean (SD). Listwise refers to participants for whom follow-up data was collected.
*
Imputed numbers include n=5 (intervention) and n=1 (control) unlinked participants assumed to have been admitted once to hospital overnight with self-harm.
†
Listwise and imputed are the same as no emergency department data were missing.