Table 1.

Questions, indicators and reporting forms/timeline used to measure the care for suicide attempters, Belgian Network of Sentinel General Practices, 2013–2016

Care measure	Questions to the GPs	Reporting form/timeline
1	Whether the GP had been the first professional caregiver (called out) following the attempt	Baseline
2	Whether the patient received hospital (emergency) care following the attempt
3	Whether there had been a patient contact in the month preceding the attempt
4	Whether suicide risk was noticed by the GP during contact in month preceding the attempt
5	Whether the patient with a mental disorder (depression or other) was receiving specialised mental healthcare in the last 12 months
6	Whether there had been any patient contact after the attempt	First and second follow-up
7	Whether there had been a contact with patient proxies (family or friends)	First follow-up
8	Whether follow-up appointments had been scheduled with the patient	Second follow-up
9	Whether the patient was receiving specialised mental healthcare	Second follow-up
10	Whether the GP had received patient care information from the hospital (emergency service) about the patient	First and second follow-up

Indicators of quality of care are marked in bold.

GP, general practitioner.