Research Article

Does Using a Standardised Mental Health Triage Assessment Alter Nurses Assessment of Vignettes of People Presenting with Deliberate Self-Harm

Table 5

Comparison of triage categories to benchmark set by Psychiatrist.

VignetteTriage categoryNumber (%) value (comparing to gold standard)

12
3
4
3 (12%)
10(40%)
12 (48%)
0.001

22
3
10 (83%)
2 (17%)
0.002

31
2
3
3 (13%)
15 (63%)
6 (24%)
0.371

41
2
3
27 (56%)
16 (33%)
5 (10%)
<0.001

52
3
4
4 (16%)
9 (36%)
12 (48%)
0.001

62
3
4
5 (10%)
15 (80%)
5 (10%)
1.000

71
2
3
4 (33%)
7 (58%)
1 (8%)
0.18

81
2
3
37 (76%)
6 (12%)
6 (12%)
0.002

91
2
3
2 (15%)
9 (69%)
2 (15%)
1.000

101
2
3
4
1 (8%)
7 (58%)
2 (17%)
2 (17%)
0.052