title: Using structured telephone follow-up assessments to improve suicide-related adverse event detection.
abstract: Adverse event (AE) detection and reporting practices were compared during the first phase of the Emergency Department Safety Assessment and Follow-up Evaluation (ED-SAFE), a suicide intervention study. Data were collected using a combination of chart reviews and structured telephone follow-up assessments postenrollment. Beyond chart reviews, structured telephone follow-up assessments identified 45% of the total AEs in our study. Notably, detection of suicide attempts significantly varied by approach with 53 (18%) detected by chart review, 173 (59%) by structured telephone follow-up assessments, and 69 (23%) marked as duplicates. Findings provide support for utilizing multiple methods for more robust AE detection in suicide research.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Sarah A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Arias
authors.forename: Zi
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Carla
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hillerns
authors.forename: Ashley F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Sullivan
authors.forename: Edwin D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Boudreaux
authors.forename: Ivan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: Carlos A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Camargo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data