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Table 1 Phase III participant characteristics (baseline) by intervention group

From: SAFETEL: a pilot randomised controlled trial to assess the feasibility and acceptability of a safety planning and telephone follow-up intervention to reduce suicidal behaviour

  

All

participants (N = 120)

SPI + TAU (N = 80)

TAU only (N = 40)

Age (mean, SD)

  

36.4 (15.6)

36.1 (16.1)

37.0 (14.8)

Gender ( n , %)

Female

75 (62.5)

50 (62.5)

25 (62.5)

Male

44 (36.7)

29 (36.2)

15 (37.5)

Non-binary

1 (0.8)

1 (1.2)

0 (0)

Ethnicity ( n , %)

White

116 (96.7)

78 (97.5)

38 (95.0)

Asian

3 (2.5)

2 (2.5)

1 (2.5)

Mixed

1 (0.8)

0 (0)

1 (2.5)

Education ( n , %)

5.1.1.1. School level qualifications

(GCSEs, standard or higher grades, GNVQ, A levels, SVQ levels 1 or 2)

54 (45.0)

39 (48.8)

15 (37.5)

 

Further education

Advanced GNVQ, HNC or HND, SVQ levels 3 or 4

34 (28.3)

21 (26.3)

13 (32.5)

 

Higher education

Undergraduate, postgraduate, or PhD degree, SVQ level 5, professional qualification

22 (18.3)

14 (17.5)

8 (20.0)

 

No qualifications

9 (7.5)

5 (6.2)

4 (10.0)

 

Prefer not to say

1 (0.8)

1 (1.2)

0 (0)

Lifetime psychiatric history

 Hospitalised due to mental health problems (n, %)

(n = 120)

67 (55.8)

40 (50.0)

27 (67.5)

Lifetime suicidal history

 Has made a suicide attempt (n, %)

(n = 120)

113 (94.2)

75 (93.8)

38 (95.0)

 Had an interrupted suicide attempt (n, %)

(n = 120)

56 (46.7)

35 (43.8)

21 (52.5)

 Had an aborted suicide attempt (n, %)

(n = 120)

55 (45.8)

33 (41.2)

22 (55.0)

 Engaged in NSSI (n, %)

(n = 120)

Missing data (n)

61 (51.3)

1

39 (49.4)

1

22 (55.0)

0

 Had a preparatory act taken towards a suicide attempt (n, %)

(n = 120)

63 (52.5)

39 (48.8)

24 (60.0)