Validation of a Secondary Screener for Suicide Risk: Results from the Emergency Department Safety Assessment and Follow-up Evaluation (ED-SAFE).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Validated secondary screeners are needed to stratify suicide risk among those with nonnegligible risk. This study tested the predictive utility of the Emergency Department Safety Assessment and Follow-up Evaluation (ED-SAFE) Secondary Screener (ESS), one of the screeners listed by The Joint Commission's Patient Safety Goal 15 resources as a potential secondary screener for acute care settings.

Methods

The researchers performed secondary analyses of data collected for the ED-SAFE study. Data were collected during an emergency department (ED) visit for 1,376 patients who endorsed active suicide ideation or a suicide attempt in the past week. Participants were followed for 12 months using telephone-based assessments, review of health care records, and National Death

SUBMITTER: Boudreaux ED 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7276296 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature