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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Acad Pediatr. 2018 Nov 30:S1876-2859(18)30753-8. doi: 10.1016/j.acap.2018.11.007

Table 1.

Safety Check Use and Acceptability for PCPs and CLsa

PCPs (n = 103) Leaders (n = 40)
Frequency of PCP-reported Intervention
Use
Frequency of CL-reported PCP
Intervention Use a
Never Rarely Sometimes Most
of
the
Time
Always Never Rarely Sometimes Most
of the
Time
Always
Screening 11 (10%) 29 (28%) 29 (28%) 20 (19%) 10 (9%) 3 (1%) 8 (20%) 17 (43%) 10 (25%) 0 (0%)
Counseling 15 (15%) 20 (19%) 34 (33%) 23 (22%) 6 (6%) 8 (20%) 8 (20%) 15 (38%) 7 (18%) 0 (0%)
Firearm Locks 88 (85%) 6 (6%) 1 (1%) 2 (2%) 0 (0%) 35 (88%) 1 (.03%) 1 (.03%) 1 (.03%) 0 (0%)
PCP Acceptability b Leader Acceptability b
High
Risk
Youthc
M (SD)
General
youth
M
(SD)
Point
estimate of
the
difference
M [95% CI]
Test
Statistic
(df)
High
Risk
Youthb
M (SD)
Genera
l youth
M
(SD)
Point
estimate of the
difference
M [95% CI]
Test
Statistic
(df)
Screening 5.40 (.76) 4.30 (1.10) 1.10 [1.34, .85] t (96) = 8.82** 5.46 (.80) 4.13 (.96) 1.32 [1.69, .96] t (36) = 7.45**
Counseling 5.39 (.76) 4.56 (.89) .84 [1.02, .65] t (96) = 8.81** 5.51 (.61) 4.21 (.87) 1.31 [1.61, .99] t (36) = 8.54**
Firearm Locks 4.65 (1.42) 4.66 (1.42) .89 [1.10, .6] t (96) = 8.15** 4.92 (1.23) 3.70 (1.14) 1.22 [1.49, .94] t (36) = 8.99**

Note. PCP = primary care physician.

*

p < .05 =

**

p < .001 = . 4 PCPs did no report on screening practices, 5 PCPs did not report on counseling practices, 6 PCPs did not report on firearm lock provision practice. 2 leaders did not report on their PCPs practices related screening, counseling, or firearm provision.

a

Leaders reported on the rates of screening, counseling and firearm lock provision amongst the PCPs in their practice

b

Acceptability was measured using a 6 point Likert scale (1 = Strongly Disagree to 6 = Strongly Agree); higher scores indicated higher acceptability.

c

High-risk youth are those considered at risk for suicide