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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2020 Apr 25;46(6):342–352. doi: 10.1016/j.jcjq.2020.03.008

Table 3.

Unadjusted Associations Between Screening Characteristics and Outcomes

Suicide attempt 6 weeks (n =109; 8%) Suicide attempt 12 months (n = 287; 22%) Any suicidal behavior 6 weeks (n = 364; 27%) Any suicidal behavior 12 months (n = 638; 46%)
n (%) Chi n (%) Chi n (%) Chi n (%) Chi
Secondary screener items Item 1: Active ideation and lifetime attempt (n = 986) 94 (10%) 12.39 233 (24%) 16.21 299 (30.3%) 26.79 502 (50.9%) 28.92
Item 2: Plan (n = 1185) 104 (9%) 8.55 269 (23%) 17.56 335 (28%) 14.48 585 (49%) 30.91
Item 3: Intent (n = 971) 90 (9%) 8.21 226 (23%) 11.68 288 (30%) 17.44 494 (51%) 26.97
Intent AND plan (n = 907) 88 (10%) 11.37 219 (24%) 16.98 277 (31%) 22.24 474 (52%) 35.97
Item 4: Psych hospitalization (n = 898) 87 (10%) 11.06 232 (26%) 38.80 283 (32%) 34.03 482 (54%) 55.53
Item 5: Excessive substance use (n = 977) 80 (8%) 0.33 (n.s.) 219 (22%) 4.96* 256 (26%) 0.11 (n.s.) 459 (47%) 0.51 (n.s.)
Item 6: Aggressive/irritable (n =1144) 97 (9%) 2.89 (n.s.) 245 (21%) 1.28 (n.s.) 310 (27%) 1.45 (n.s.) 535 (47%) 0.44 (n.s.)
Sum score 0 (n = 2) 0 (0%) 23.75 0 (0%) 49.55 0 (0%) 43.40 0 (0%) 68.38
1 (n = 28) 1 (4%) 2 (7%) 1 (4%) 4 (14%)
2 (n = 92) 1 (1%) 7 (8%) 10 (11%) 20 (22%)
3 (n = 190) 6 (3%) 23 (12%) 36 (19%) 67 (35%)
4 (n = 295) 19 (6%) 47 (16%) 68 (23%) 128 (43%)
5 (n = 415) 37 (9%) 97 (23%) 124 (30%) 214 (52%)
6 (n = 354) 45 (13%) 111 (31%) 125 (35%) 205 (58%)
*

p < 0.05;

p < 0.01;

p < 0.001;

n.s., not significant.