Assessing the predictability of self-harm in a high-risk adult prisoner population: a prospective cohort study

Health & Justice

Table 4 Logistic regression predicting likelihood of self-harm during follow-up for males

Variable	B	S.E.	z	Sig.	95% C.I.
Variable	B	S.E.	z	Sig.	Lower	Upper
Do you have any qualifications? (yes = 0, no = 1)	1.122977	0.31065	3.61	0	0.514114	1.731839
Have you accessed healthcare during this prison stay?	−1.14773	0.442399	−2.59	0.009	−2.01481	−0.28064
In the past year, have you previously seen a psychiatrist?	0.660485	0.308926	2.14	0.033	0.055001	1.26597
Have you ever cut yourself on purpose?	0.785021	0.396684	1.98	0.048	0.007535	1.562508
Have you ever abused alcohol?	−1.06009	0.331151	−3.2	0.001	−1.70914	−0.41105
Have you ever driven recklessly on purpose?	−0.6994	0.32734	−2.14	0.033	−1.34098	−0.05783
Have you ever intentionally exercised an injury to hurt yourself?	0.670756	0.370553	1.81	0.07	−0.05551	1.397025
In the last week have you felt warmth or affection for someone?	−0.532	0.304642	−1.75	0.081	−1.12909	0.065083
In the last week, have you thought that you are to blame for your problems and difficulties	1.029772	0.58036	1.77	0.076	−0.10771	2.167257
In the last week, has it been hard for you to concentrate?	1.998831	1.518229	2.84^a	0.092^b	−0.97684	4.974505
Prisoners self-harm history in prison: (‘no prison self-harm history’ is reference category)			11.36^a	0.003^c
self-harmed, but not recently	0.922775	0.557201	1.66	0.098	−0.16932	2.014869
self-harmed recently	1.526448	0.468689	3.26	0.001	0.607833	2.445062
Constant	−4.36395	1.648187	−2.65	0.008	−7.59434	−1.13357

^aChi-square value ^bFirth-adjusted p-value ^cOverall significance of categorical item

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