Table 2:

Chance-Corrected Agreement Between Candidate Screening Items and the ASIQ for the Assessment of Risk for Suicide (N=727)

Item No.	Question	Yes, %	LR+		LR−		kappa		AUC
			Est	95% CI	Est	95% CI	Est	95% CI	Est	95% CI
1	In the past few weeks, have you felt so nervous or worried in a way that felt unbearable, like you couldn’t stand it anymore?	22.6	4.47	3.57, 5.37	0.17	0.03, 031	0.25	0.17, 0.33	0.82	0.76, 0.89
2	In the past few weeks, have you felt hopeless, like things would never get better?	25.3	4.51	3.82, 5.20	0.04	−0.03, 0.10	0.26	0.19, 0.33	0.87	0.84, 0.91
3	In the past few weeks, have you felt so sad or depressed in a way that felt unbearable, like you couldn’t stand it anymore?	17.7	6.07	4.70, 7.44	0.16	0.03, 0.29	0.32	0.23, 0.41	0.85	0.78, 0.92
4	Do you have close friends or family members that you can go to when you have serious problem? (REVERSE CODED)	92.7 7.3	4.03	1.48, 6.58	0.79	0.64, 0.95	0.16	0.04, 0.27	0.60	0.52, 0.68
5	Do you feel like you might as well give up because you can’t make things better for yourself?	5.5	16.63	7.98, 25.27	0.49	0.31, 0.66	0.46	0.31, 0.60	0.74	0.65, 0.83
6b	In the past few weeks, has your medical condition led you to seriously consider killing yourself?	2.8	59.23	2.66, 115.79	0.58	0.41, 0.74	0.53	0.37, 0.69	0.71	0.62, 0.79
7a,b,c	Have you ever tried to kill yourself?	9.1	5.17	2.65, 7.68	0.66	0.49, 0.83	0.22	0.11, 0.34	0.67	0.58, 0.76
8	In the past few weeks, have you been more irritable or grouchier than usual?	44.7	1.88	1.46, 2.16	0.39	0.15, 0.63	0.07	0.04, 0.11	0.67	0.60, 0.75
9	In the past few weeks, have you felt like you are a failure?	16.4	6.75	5.16, 8.34	0.16	0.03, 0.29	0.35	0.25, 0.45	0.87	0.81, 0.93
10	Do you or anyone in your life think you have a problem with drugs or alcohol?	10.0	4.55	2.38, 6.73	0.67	0.49, 0.84	0.20	0.09, 0.32	0.67	0.58, 0.76
11	Do you have chronic pain that affects your daily life?	49.9	1.60	1.30, 1.91	0.43	0.17, 0.70	0.06	0.02, 0.09	0.68	0.61, 0.75
12	In the past few weeks, have you felt hopeless about your medical condition, like things would never get better?	27.0	3.46	2.78, 4.15	0.22	0.06, 0.38	0.19	0.13, 0.26	0.78	0.71, 0.86
13b	In the past few weeks, have you thought that your life was so bad that you didn’t want to live anymore?	7.3	27.05	15.35, 38.74	0.14	0.03, 0.26	0.68	0.56, 0.79	0.90	0.84, 0.97
14	In the past few weeks, have you felt like a burden on others?	33.1	2.60	2.08, 3.13	0.29	0.10, 0.48	0.13	0.08, 0.18	0.77	0.70, 0.83
15b,c	In the past few weeks, have you wished you were dead?	7.2	22.36	12.72, 31.99	0.23	0.09, 0.37	0.61	0.49, 0.74	0.87	0.79, 0.94
16b,c	In the past few weeks, have you felt that you or your family would be better off if you were dead?	6.5	28.29	14.78, 41.79	0.23	0.09, 0.37	0.66	0.53, 0.78	0.87	0.80, 0.95
17b	In the past month, have you had thoughts about suicide?	6.1	37.11	17.57, 56.65	0.20	0.07, 0.33	0.71	0.59, 0.82	0.88	0.80, 0.95
18b,c	In the past week, have you been having thoughts about killing yourself?	2.2	83.18	− 17.62, 183.97	0.64	0.48, 0.80	0.48	0.32, 0.65	0.71	0.62, 0.80
19b	Are you having thoughts of killing yourself right now?	0.1	-	-	0.97	0.88, 1.06	0.05	−0.05, 0.15	-	-
20a,b	Have you ever made a suicide attempt?	9.5	5.34	2.87, 7.87	0.63	0.46, 0.81	0.24	0.12, 0.36	0.69	0.60, 0.78

^aPatients who answered “yes” to items 7 and 20 were only considered positive if the attempt was in the past 10 years.

^bTrigger items.

^cASQ items.