Table 1. Cohort characteristics by hospital management1 at baseline2.
| Variable (% of treated with variable present) | All (31,725) | Specialist psychosocial assessment, 18,252/31,725 (57.5%) | No specialist psychosocial assessment, 13,473/31,725 (42.5%) | Medical admission, 15,738/25,270 (62.3%) | No medical admission, 9,532/25,270 (37.7%) | Psychiatric outpatient referral, 9,244/29,889 (30.9%) | No psychiatric outpatient referral, 20,645/29,889 (69.1%) | Psychiatric inpatient admission, 1,800/31,725 (5.7%) | No psychiatric inpatient admission, 29,925/31,725 (94.3%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 58.0 | 58.9 | 56.8 | 59.3 | 56.2 | 58.4 | 58.3 | 51.9 | 58.4 |
| Age 16 to 24 | 35.2 | 34.3 | 36.5 | 33.2 | 38.2 | 31.3 | 38.7 | 18.1 | 36.3 |
| Age 25 to 44 | 45.1 | 44.6 | 45.8 | 44.2 | 46.0 | 45.8 | 44.6 | 46.3 | 45.1 |
| Age 45 to 64 | 16.3 | 17.5 | 14.7 | 18.1 | 13.2 | 18.9 | 14.6 | 20.7 | 16.1 |
| Age 65+ | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 2.1 | 14.9 | 2.6 |
| Self-poison | 83.7 | 87.3 | 78.8 | 91.9 | 69.2 | 85.2 | 83.8 | 74.1 | 84.2 |
| Self-cut | 11.9 | 8.6 | 16.4 | 4.6 | 23.6 | 10.3 | 12.4 | 14.4 | 11.8 |
| Other self-injury | 4.4 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 3.5 | 7.1 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 11.5 | 4.0 |
| Any current psychiatric treatment (including GP) | 42.5 | 35.7 | 47.5 | 40.1 | 48.4 | 58.9 | 32.3 | 72.1 | 40.6 |
| Any previous psychiatric treatment | 54.7 | 51.2 | 59.4 | 54.8 | 60.1 | 67.2 | 47.2 | 79.2 | 53.4 |
| Previous self-harm | |||||||||
| None | 35.8 | 40.6 | 29.3 | 38.3 | 30.4 | 28.4 | 39.8 | 26.5 | 36.2 |
| In the past year | 30.9 | 29.6 | 32.8 | 29.8 | 36.0 | 39.7 | 25.9 | 45.9 | 30.2 |
| More than 1 year ago | 26.2 | 27.8 | 24.1 | 28.0 | 24.9 | 28.9 | 25.0 | 24.8 | 26.2 |
| Time not known | 7.0 | 2.0 | 13.8 | 3.9 | 8.7 | 2.9 | 9.3 | 2.8 | 7.3 |
| Alcohol taken | 59.0 | 55.6 | 63.6 | 59.2 | 58.8 | 56.5 | 61.4 | 37.8 | 59.9 |
| Problems precipitating self-harm | |||||||||
| Relationship with partner | 37.2 | 46.0 | 25.1 | 43.1 | 26.3 | 37.4 | 38.1 | 22.6 | 37.9 |
| Relationship with family | 19.0 | 26.0 | 9.6 | 24.9 | 13.4 | 24.7 | 16.9 | 15.8 | 19.3 |
| Response to mental health symptoms | 17.2 | 22.6 | 9.8 | 20.4 | 14.6 | 27.9 | 9.7 | 44.8 | 15.4 |
| Work/study | 13.5 | 19.1 | 5.9 | 18.1 | 8.2 | 18.1 | 11.6 | 11.6 | 13.6 |
| Money | 11.1 | 15.8 | 4.8 | 15.0 | 6.3 | 14.7 | 9.7 | 11.8 | 11.2 |
| Housing | 8.8 | 12.7 | 3.6 | 11.7 | 4.9 | 12.5 | 7.0 | 10.1 | 8.7 |
| Physical health | 8.1 | 11.4 | 3.6 | 10.6 | 5.3 | 10.3 | 6.9 | 11.3 | 7.9 |
| Relationship with others | 7.5 | 9.2 | 5.1 | 8.0 | 4.8 | 10.0 | 6.6 | 6.0 | 7.6 |
| Bereavement | 7.1 | 8.9 | 4.7 | 8.2 | 4.9 | 8.4 | 6.6 | 8.1 | 7.2 |
| Drug misuse | 5.4 | 7.3 | 2.8 | 6.6 | 4.2 | 7.9 | 4.3 | 5.7 | 5.4 |
| Abuse 3 | 5.1 | 7.3 | 2.9 | 6.6 | 3.5 | 7.9 | 3.8 | 6.1 | 5.0 |
| Mean IMD score (high = deprived) | 31.6 | 28.2 | 36.1 | 25.7 | 32.9 | 26.2 | 34.4 | 24.7 | 32.0 |
1 Treatment categories are not mutually exclusive
2Pooled proportions for multiply imputed data
3 Current or past physical/sexual/emotional abuse