Structured follow-up by general practitioners after deliberate self-poisoning: a randomised controlled trial

BMC Psychiatry

Table 3 Comparison of ICPC-2 diagnoses and contact with GP during six-month post-discharge period

	Intervention N = 62 Mean (SD)	Control N = 87 Mean (SD)	p value
ICPC-2 diagnoses reported from all GP contact
Somatic	4.0 (3.9)	3.6 (4.1)	0.605
Psychiatric, social, or poisoning	8.6 (7.3)	5.5 (6.5)	0.007
Contact with GP
Consultations^a	6.7 (5.0)	4.5 (4.2)	0.005
All other patient-related activities^b	5.9 (6.1)	4.6 (5.4)	0.174

^a Normal consultations and extra fees applied because of extended time spent in consultations (over 20 min), therapy, and use of psychometric assessment tools or other consultations related to psychiatric diagnoses
^b Simple contact without attending GPs office, outside office consultations; home visit or consultation in somatic outpatient clinic, talking with relatives, contact with other services and all other patient-related activities

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