Table 4.
Adverse events
| Family therapy (n=415) | Treatment as usual (n=417) | Total (n=832) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-serious adverse events | ||||
| Number of participants with one or more adverse event | 226 (54%) | 217 (52%) | 443 (53%) | |
| Accident and emergency attendance* | 189 (46%) | 176 (42%) | 365 (44%) | |
| Minor injury or walk-in centre attendance* | 33 (8%) | 40 (10%) | 73 (9%) | |
| Re-referral to CAMHS | 52 (13%) | 56 (13%) | 108 (13%) | |
| Number of adverse events reported | 512 | 524 | 1036 | |
| Accident and emergency attendance | 409 | 372 | 781 | |
| Minor injury or walk-in centre attendance | 45 | 89 | 134 | |
| Re-referral to CAMHS | 58 | 63 | 121 | |
| Mean (SD) adverse events per participant | 1·2 (2·0) | 1·3 (2·3) | 1·2 (2·1) | |
| Median (IQR) adverse events per participant | 1·0 (0·0–2·0) | 1·0 (0·0–2·0) | 1·0 (0·0–2·0) | |
| Serious adverse events† | ||||
| Number of participants with one or more serious adverse event | 156 (38%) | 141 (34%) | 297 (36%) | |
| Number of serious adverse events reported | 275 | 323 | 598 | |
| Mean (SD) serious adverse events per participant | 0·7 (1·3) | 0·8 (1·9) | 0·7 (1·6) | |
| Median (IQR) serious adverse events per participant | 0·0 (0·0–1·0) | 0·0 (0·0–1·0) | 0·0 (0·0–1·0) | |
*
Accident and emergency attendances, minor injury or walk-in centre attendances, and hospital admissions were for any mental health or non-mental health reason, and so include self-harm.
†
All serious adverse events were hospital admissions; no deaths were reported.