title: The Patient Safety Screener: Validation of a Brief Suicide Risk Screener for Emergency Department Settings.
abstract: This study evaluated the concurrent validity of a brief suicide risk screener for adults in the emergency department (ED). Two versions of the verbally administered Patient Safety Screener (2-item, 3-item) were compared to a reference standard, the Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation (BSSI). Analyses included measures of agreement (Kappa). Agreement between the Patient Safety Screener-2 and -3 and the BSSI (n = 951) was almost perfect for overall positive screening (K = 0.94-0.95) and past suicide attempts (K = 0.97-0.98). Agreement on ideation ranged from fair (K = 0.34) for the 2 item version to good (K = 0.61) for the 3 item version. The Patient Safety Screener's concurrent validity with the BSSI ranged from fair to almost perfect and warrants additional study.
authors.forename: Edwin D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Boudreaux
authors.forename: Michelle L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Jaques
authors.forename: Kaitlyn M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Brady
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Matson
authors.forename: Michael H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Allen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000295:instrumentation; D008875:Middle Aged; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods; D059020:Suicidal Ideation
keywords: emergency medicine; emergency psychiatry; suicide screening and assessment