Table 2 Quality assessment of reporting of all self-harm incidents in the Australian asylum seeker population between 1 August 2014 and 31 July 2015, according to WHO self-harm reporting guidelines, by processing arrangements
Core WHO self-harm (SH) data items | Community-based n = 113 n (%) | Community detention n = 33 n (%) | Onshore detention n = 560 n (%) | Nauru n = 188 n (%) | Manus Island n = 55 n (%) |
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Basic details of the incident | |||||
 Unique event numbera | 113 (100%) | 33 (100%) | 560 (100%) | 188 (100%) | 55 (100%) |
 Hospital or medical centre number | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
 Sex | 40 (35.3%) | 16 (48.4%) | 321 (57.3%) | 158 (84.0%) | 55 (100%) |
 State/country | 113 (100%) | 33 (100%) | 560 (100%) | 188 (100%) | 55 (100%) |
 Date of SH | 113 (100%) | 33 (100%) | 560 (100%) | 188 (100%) | 55 (100%) |
 Day of week of SH | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
 Time of SH | 113 (100%) | 33 (100%) | 560 (100%) | 188 (100%) | 55 (100%) |
 Primary location of SH incident | 113 (100%) | 33 (100%) | 560 (100%) | 188 (100%) | 55 (100%) |
Methods of self-harm | |||||
 Methods of SH | 55 (48.6%) | 25 (75.7%) | 470 (83.9%) | 175 (93.0%) | 49 (89.0%) |
 Methods of SH with ICD-10 codes | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
 Multiple methods of SH listed | 6 (5.3%) | 0 (0%) | 15 (2.6%) | 10 (5.3%) | 0 (0%) |
 If intentional self-poisoning, name of poison (chemicals) | 1/1 (100%) | 1/1 (100%) | 25/25 (100%) | 29/29 (100%) | 1/1 (100%) |
 If intentional self-poisoning, quantity of chemicals | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
 If intentional self-poisoning, name of poison (medication) | 14/22 (63.6%) | 2/4 (50%) | 8/39 (20.5%) | 8/12 (66.6%) | 2/2 (100%) |
 If intentional self-poisoning, quantity of medication | 6/22 (27.2%) | 1/4 (25.0%) | 4/39 (10.2%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
 Type of foreign object ingested | – | – | 10/10 (100%) | 10/10 (100%) | 7/8 (87.5%) |
 Quantity of foreign object ingested | – | – | 6/10 (60.0%) | 10/10 (100%) | 5/8 (62.5%) |
Medical severity and response | |||||
 Medical severity | 2 (1.7%) | 0 (0%) | 9 (1.6%) | 43 (22.8%) | 10 (18.1%) |
 Seen by? | 28 (24.7%) | 11 (33.3%) | 30 (5.3%) | 125 (66.4%) | 38 (69.9%) |
 History of SH | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
 Psychological/psychiatric assessment | 2 (1.7%) | 0 (0%) | 8 (1.4%) | 18 (10.0%) | 6 (10.9%) |
 Diagnosis (any diagnosis associated with the person) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
 Taken to hospital | 22 (19.4%) | 10 (30.3%) | 13 (2.3%) | 11 (5.8%) | 0 (0%) |
 Ambulance attended | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 26 (13.8%) | 1 (1.8%) |
 Medevac | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 4 (2.1%) | 1 (1.8%) |