DUNDRUM-2: Prospective validation of a structured professional judgment instrument assessing priority for admission from the waiting list for a forensic mental health hospital

Table 2 DUNDRUM-2 triage urgency scores by location at time when removed from waiting list, whether by admission or not

Location	Not admitted			admitted			All
	mean	Sd	n	mean	sd	n	mean	Sd	N
Remand	4.4	2.9	16	12.1	3.3	22	8.9	4.9	38
Sentenced	6.0	3.4	8	12.8	5.0	12	10.1	5.5	20
Less secure hospital	8.3	4.2	3	13.5	1.3	4	11.3	3.8	7
All	5.3	3.4	27	12.5	3.7	38	9.5	5.0	65

General linear model effect for admitted or not admitted F = 33.2, df = 1, p < 0.001; effect for location F = 1.9, df = 2, NS; interaction of admission and location F = 0.4, df = 2, NS.

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