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 5 DUNDRUM-1 triage security scores by location, change between time placed on waiting list and time when removed from waiting list, whether by admission or not

Location	Not admitted			admitted			All
	Mean change	sd	n	Mean change	sd	n	Mean change	sd	N
Remand	0.9	3.4	16	0.0	0.2	22	0.4	2.2	38
Sentenced	5.5	2.8	8	0.1	3.6	12	2.3	4.2	20
Less secure hospital	2.7	3.1	3	0.0	0.0	4	1.1	2.3	7
All	2.5	3.7	27	0.1	1.9	38	1.1	3.1	65

General linear model effect for admitted or not admitted F = 13.4, df = 1, p < 0.001; effect for location F = 4.9, df = 2, p = 0.01; interaction of admission and location F = 4.8, df = 2, p = 0.011.

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