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Table 9 Item to outcome analysis for DUNDRUM-1 and DUNDRUM-2 scales

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

 

Not admitted

Admitted

ANOVA, df = 1

X2

df = 4

Item

mean

S.D.

mean

S.D.

F

X2

DUNDRUM-2 triage urgency items

TU1 location

1.1

0.8

2.7

0.9

49.34

41.34

TU2 mental health

0.9

1.1

1.3

1.2

23.14

20.04

TU3 self harm

0.9

1.1

1.3

1.2

2.91

7.91

TU4 humanitarian

0.1

0.4

1.8

1.6

28.64

20.94

TU5 systemic

1.6

1.7

3.5

1.1

31.34

25.64

TU6 legal urgency

0.6

0.5

1.0

1.1

3.61

6.7

DUNDRUM-1 triage security items

TS1 serious violence

1.5

1.1

2.5

1.1

13.24

14.73

TS2 serious self harm

1.2

1.1

1.2

1.2

0

7.81

TS3 immediacy of violence

1.6

1.0

2.7

1.2

14.94

13.63

TS4 immediacy of self harm

0.9

1.2

1.2

1.4

0.7

7.4

TS5 special forensic need

1.2

0.9

2.2

1.0

15.94

13.53

TS6 absconding

1.6

0.9

2.3

1.0

6.82

10.12

TS7 preventing access

1.9

0.9

2.5

0.8

7.33

7.3

TS8 victim issues

1.7

1.2

2.5

1.0

7.83

14.03

TS9 risk of violence

1.8

1.1

2.6

0.9

12.24

11.52

TS10 institutional behaviour

1.4

0.8

1.9

1.1

3.92

9.11

TS11 legal procedure

1.9

1.5

3.7

0.5

43.94

32.44

  1. .1 p < 0.1; 2 p < 0.05; 3 p < 0.01; 4 p < 0.001.