Table 3.
Determinants of sentinel general practices (SGP) reporting of four characteristics of suicide attempts in the Belgian Network of SGP, Flanders, 2013–2016
| Baseline characteristics | n/N (%) | P value | Adjusted OR (95% CI) |
| SGP reported whether suicide risk was noticed (Model 1) | |||
| All | 120/134 (89.6) | ||
| Patient age in years | |||
| <65 | 99/107 (92.5) | 0.025 | 3.54 (1.11 to 11.26) |
| ≥65 | 21/27 (77.8) | Reference | |
| SGP reported whether patient did previous attempts (Model 2) | |||
| All | 216/235 (91.9) | ||
| Patient age in years | |||
| <65 | 187/209 (89.5) | 0.041 | Dropped* |
| ≥65 | 36/36 (100.0) | ||
| Patient had mental disorder other than depression | |||
| No | 189/199 (95.0) | 0.000 | 5.08 (2.11 to 12.21) |
| Yes | 27/36 (75.0) | Reference | |
| Follow-up characteristics | |||
| SGP reported whether patient was receiving specialised mental healthcare (Model 3) | |||
| All | 190/245 (77.6) | ||
| Patient age in years | |||
| <65 | 157/209 (75.1) | 0.028 | Removed † |
| ≥65 | 33/36 (91.7) | ||
| GP contact with patient proxies or follow-up appointments scheduled | |||
| No | 24/51 (47.1) | 0.000 | Reference |
| Yes | 152/189 (80.4) | 5.87 (2.76 to 12.51) | |
| Hospital care information received by GP | |||
| No | 43/64 (67.2) | 0.012 | Reference |
| Yes | 112/135 (83.0) | 2.38 (1.12 to 5.02) | |
| SGP reported whether patient repeated suicidal behaviour (Model 4) | |||
| All | 190/245 (77.6) | ||
| Patient sex | |||
| Men | 61/88 (69.3) | 0.021 | Reference 2.11 (1.10 to 4.03) |
| Women | 129/157 (82.2) | ||
| GP–patient contact in month preceding attempt | |||
| No | 79/111 (71.2) | 0.029 | Removed † |
| Yes | 111/134 (82.8) | ||
| GP contact with patient, patient proxies or follow-up appointments scheduled | |||
| No | 3/13 (23.1) | 0.000 | Reference 14.1 (3.67 to 54.42) |
| Yes | 187/231 (81.0) | ||
The first two models examining determinants of baseline characteristics initially included independent baseline variables associated univariately at the (borderline) 0.05 level with the dependent variable. The two last models examining determinants of follow-up characteristics initially included all independent variables associated univariately at the (borderline) 0.05 level with the dependent variable.
*Patient age was dropped because age≥ 65 predicted the outcome perfectly.
†Variable was removed because it did not significantly affect the fit of the model.
CI, confidence interval; GP, general practitioner; OR, odds ratio; P, p value of univariate association.