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Table 3 Return to hospital due to repetition of self-harm within 6 months, according to trial arm

From: Problem-solving therapy rather than treatment as usual for adults after self-harm: a pragmatic, feasibility, randomised controlled trial (the MIDSHIPS trial)

 

Problem-solving and treatment as usual (N = 30)

Treatment as usual (N = 32)

Total (N = 62)

Repeated and attended hospital

7 (23%)

12 (38%)

19 (31%)

In participants with an event:

n = 7

n = 12

n = 19

Mean time in months (SD) to first repeat event

1.2 (1.27)

1.6 (1.14)

1.4 (1.17)

Median time in months (IQR) to first repeat event

0.7 (0.4 to 1.2)

1.3 (1.0 to 2.1)

1.1 (0.6 to 1.9)

Mean number (SD) of events per participant

2.6 (1.40)

3.7 (2.74)

3.3 (2.35)

Number of repeat events

18

44

62

Type of repeat event

   

 Self-poisoning

12 (67%)

36 (82%)

48 (77%)

 Self-injury

3 (17%)

3 (7%)

6 (10%)

 Combined

1 (6%)

2 (5%)

3 (6%)

 Detail missing

2 (11%)

3 (7%)

5 (8%)

Mean number (SD) of events per participant (all 62 participants)

0.6 (1.28)

1.4 (2.43)

1.0 (1.98)

  1. Values are numbers (%) unless specified