Deliberate Self-Harm and the Elderly: A Volatile Combination—An Overview from the Plastic Surgery Perspective

Table 3

Patient data collection proforma.

Study proforma; information-gathering tool

(i) Age; (ii) Gender; (iii) Length of inpatient stay (number of nights); (iv) Pattern of referral to the Department; (v) Timing of presentation to medical services following injury; (vi) Mode of injury; (vii) Was patient alone at the time of presentation?; (viii) History of previous DSH; (ix) History of previous mental illness; (x) Was the patient living with family or alone?; (xi) Inpatient psychiatry liaison assessment done? (and time of this); (xii) Time to surgery from presentation; (xiii) Postoperative plan differed from routine plans?; (xiv) Did patient attend follow-up outpatient appointments?