TABLE 5.
Counselor's suicide risk assessment behaviors, by suicidal thoughts on pre‐chat survey
| Counselor's behaviors (coded by evaluation team) | Do you have thoughts of suicide? (from pre‐chat survey) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Yes, current (CS) N = 613 |
Yes, recent (RS) N = 256 |
No (NS) N = 165 |
Total N = 1034 |
Fisher's exact p | ||
| Assessed current suicidal thoughts | Yes | 210 (34.3%) | 74 (28.9%) | 26 (15.8%) | 310 (30.0%) | <.001 |
| Assessed past/lifetime suicidal thoughts a | Yes | 112 (18.3%) | 44 (17.2%) | 18 (10.9%) | 174 (16.8%) | .071 |
| Assessed suicide plan/method | Yes | 239 (39.0%) | 54 (21.1%) | 5 (3.0%) | 298 (28.8%) | <.001 |
| Assessed suicidal intent | Yes | 71 (11.6%) | 18 (7.0%) | 4 (2.4%) | 93 (9.0%) | <.001 |
| Assessed past suicidal behavior | Yes | 94 (15.3%) | 28 (10.9%) | 1 (0.6%) | 123 (11.9%) | <.001 |
| Assessed attempt in progress | Yes | 75 (12.2%) | 10 (3.9%) | 4 (2.4%) | 89 (8.6%) | <.001 |
| At least one of the above | 453 (73.9%) | 135 (52.7%) | 42 (25.5%) | 630 (60.9%) | <.001 | |
| At least two of the above | 233 (38.0%) | 66 (25.8%) | 11 (6.7%) | 310 (30.0%) | <.001 | |
| Mean number of behaviors (out of 6) | 1.31 (SD = 1.12) | 0.89 (SD = 1.05) | 0.35 (SD = 0.75) | 1.05 (SD = 1.11) | K‐W 131.91, p < .001 † | |
a
Includes assessment of past suicidal thoughts and suicidal thoughts of indeterminate timing. Does not include assessment of current suicidal thoughts.
†
Kruskal–Wallis test with 2 df.