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Citation

Boudreaux ED, Jaques ML, Brady KM, Matson A, Allen MH. Arch. Suicide Res. 2015; 19(2): 151-160.

Affiliation

a Departments of Emergency Medicine , Psychiatry, and Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Medical School , Worcester , MA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, International Academy of Suicide Research, Publisher Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/13811118.2015.1034604

PMID

25826715

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: This study evaluated the concurrent validity of a brief suicide risk screener for adults in the emergency department (ED).

METHODS: Two versions of the verbally-administered Patient Safety Screener (2-item, 3-item) were compared to a reference standard, the Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation (BSSI). Analyses included measures of agreement (Kappa).

RESULTS: Agreement between the Patient Safety Screener-2 and -3 and the BSSI (n = 951) was almost perfect for overall positive screening (K = 0.94 - 0.95) and past suicide attempts (K = 0.97 - 0.98). Agreement on ideation ranged from fair (K = 0.34) for the 2 item version to good (K = 0.61) for the 3 item version.

CONCLUSION: The Patient Safety Screener's concurrent validity with the BSSI ranged from fair to almost perfect and warrants additional study.


Language: en

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