Table 5.
Determinants of transmission of hospital care information about suicide attempters to their general practitioner (GPs), Belgian Network of Sentinel General Practices (SGP), Flanders, 2013–2016
| n/N (%) | P value | Adjusted OR (95% CI) | |
| All | 135/199 (67.8) | ||
| GP was on site following the suicide attempt | |||
| Yes | 21/23 (91.3) | 0.010 | 5.61 (1.54 to 20.39) |
| No | 112/173 (64.7) | Reference | |
| GP was informed about attempt by patient | |||
| Yes | 10/23 (43.5) | 0.008 | Removed * |
| No | 123/173 (74.1) | ||
| Province of West or East Flanders | |||
| Yes | 61/80 (76.3) | 0.037 | Removed * |
| No | 74/119 (62.3) | ||
| Urbanisation of the SGP location | |||
| Urban area | 72/125 (57.6) | 0.000 | Removed * |
| Suburban area | 63/74 (85.1) | ||
| Interaction between province and urbanisation of SGP location | |||
| Outside West East Flanders, urban area | 35/75 (46.8) | 0.000 | Reference |
| West East Flanders, urban area | 37/50 (74.0) | 3.11 (1.16 to 8.33) | |
| West East Flanders, suburban area | 24/30 (80.0) | 4.40 (1.13 to 17.10) | |
| Outside West East Flanders, suburban area | 39/44 (88.6) | 9.95 (3.04 to 32.57) | |
The model initially included independent baseline and follow-up variables (including time span between event and reporting of second follow-up form) that were found to be associated univariately at the (borderline) 0.05 level with the dependent variable.
*Variable was removed because it did not significantly affect the fit of the model.
P, p value of univariate association.