TABLE 1.
Sample Characteristics
| Characteristics | N = 600 | |
|---|---|---|
| n | % | |
| Sex | ||
| Female | 355 | 59.17 |
| Male | 242 | 40.30 |
| Unknown | 3 | 0.50 |
| Race and/or ethnicity | ||
| White | 331 | 55.17 |
| African American | 140 | 23.33 |
| Hispanic | 59 | 9.83 |
| Asian American or Pacific Islander | 10 | 1.67 |
| Mixed | 45 | 7.50 |
| Other | 11 | 1.83 |
| Unknown | 4 | 0.66 |
| Reason for admittance | ||
| General medicine | 346 | 57.67 |
| General surgery | 152 | 25.33 |
| Injury | 42 | 7.00 |
| General medicine and psychiatric reasons | 16 | 2.67 |
| Psychiatric reasons | 7 | 1.17 |
| Unknown | 37 | 6.16 |
| Study site | ||
| Boston Children’s Hospital | 200 | 33.33 |
| Children's National Medical Center | 200 | 33.33 |
| Nationwide Children’s Hospital | 200 | 33.33 |
| No English spoken at home | 24 | 4.00 |
| Parents married | 315 | 52.50 |
| Lives with both parents | 312 | 52.00 |
| With private insurance | 282 | 47.00 |
| Considers religion important | 212 | 35.33 |
| Karnofsky/Lansky score (functional performance) | ||
| Low | 7 | 1.17 |
| Moderate | 63 | 10.50 |
| High | 519 | 86.50 |
| Unknown | 11 | 1.83 |
| Endorsement of ASQ items | ||
| ASQ 1: “In the past few weeks, have you wished you were dead?” | 43 | 7.17 |
| ASQ 2: “In the past few weeks, have you felt that you or your family would be better off if you were dead?” | 28 | 4.67 |
| ASQ 3: “In the past week, have you been having thoughts about killing yourself?” | 17 | 2.83 |
| ASQ 4: “Have you ever tried to kill yourself?” | 48 | 8.00 |
| ASQ 5: “Are you having thoughts of killing yourself right now?” (ASQ acute positive) | 3 | 0.50 |
| Endorsed any of ASQ items 1–4 (ASQ positive) | 80 | 13.33 |
| SIQ or SIQ-JR result positive | 30 | 5.00 |