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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Serv. 2018 Aug;15(3):270–278. doi: 10.1037/ser0000236

Table 4.

Association between Individual SPRC/SAMHSA Decision Support Tool Criteria and Suicidal Behavior Outcome at 6 Weeks and 12 Months

Meeting criteria for suicidal behavior outcome at 6 weeks Meeting criteria for suicidal behavior outcome at 12 months

No Yes p (chi-sq) No Yes p (chi-sq)
Thoughts of carrying out a suicide plan n 1068 103 0.007 902 269 <.001
% 85.0 94.5 83.6 94.1
Suicide intent n 858 89 0.004 723 224 <.001
% 68.5 81.7 67.1 78.9
Past suicide attempt n 885 94 <.001 746 233 <.001
% 70.3 86.2 69.0 81.5
Significant mental health condition n 1137 105 0.037 966 276 <.001
% 90.3 96.3 89.3 96.5
Substance use problem n 817 78 0.160 697 198 0.128
% 64.9 71.6 64.4 69.2
Irritability/agitation/aggression n 1129 102 0.193 960 271 0.003
% 89.7 93.6 88.7 94.8
Female n 691 73 0.015 597 167 0.330
% 54.9 67.0 55.2 58.4
Age Mean 37.4 36.5 0.495 37.2 37.8 0.539
SD 13.2 12.8 13.4 12.3

p-value from t-test