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Table 7 Care interventions and treatment during registered care episode (n, %, range, median)

From: Assessment and treatment of asylum seekers after a suicide attempt: a comparative study of people registered at mental health services in a Swedish location

Intervention

Men, asylum seekers

Men, control group

Women, asylum seekers

Women, control group

Total, asylum seekers

Total, control group

Hospitalization, referral for hospitalization

42 (89.4)

40 (85.1)

37 (90.2)*

26 (63.4)

79 (89.8)*

66 (75.0)

Range of days (md) in hospital

1–167 (3.0)

1–136 (12.0)

2–197 (22.0)

1–157 (2.0)

1–197 (10)

1–157 (4.5)

Days in hospital, mean (standard deviation)

28.7 (46.1)

25.24 (35.1)

37.14 (43.8)

19.57 (40.2)

22.65 (37.2)

33.3 (44.6)

Psychiatric care certificate for compulsory care

25 (53.2)

27 (57.4)

26 (63.4)

18 (43.9)

51 (58.0)

45 (51.1)

Admission decision for compulsory care

8 (17.0)

8 (17.0)

17 (41.5)*

5 (12.2)

25 (28.4)*

13 (14.8)

Medication

25 (53.2)

29 (61.7)

28 (68.3)

25 (61.0)

53 (60.2)

54 (61.4)

Talking interventions/therapies

3 (6.4)

6 (12.8)

5 (12.2)

4 (9.8)

8 (9.1)

10 (11.4)

Contacts with other authorities

14 (29.8)

10 (21.3)

24 (58.5)*

11 (26.8)

38 (43.2)*

21 (23.9)

Referral to outpatient psychiatric care

7 (14.9)

21 (44.7)*

13 (31.7)

23 (56.1)*

20 (22.7)

44 (50.0)*

Referral to primary care

7 (14.9)*

1 (2.1)

12 (29.3)*

1 (2.5)

19 (21.6)*

2 (2.3)

  1. * = significant difference, p-value <0.05