Primary
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Hopelessness
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Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS)[22]
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Scores below 9 on the BHS. Best predictor of subsequent self harm. Scores on a range of 0 to 20 with higher scores indicating greater hopelessness.
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Entry, three and twelve months
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Secondary
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Hospital repetition of self harm
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Data on hospital contacts from participating DHB's and the New Zealand Health Information Service National Minimum Dataset
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Three and twelve months
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Depression and anxiety
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Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS)[23]
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Self report scale. Scores of 10 and above on the anxiety and depression sub scales indicate clinically significant symptoms.
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Baseline, three and twelve months.
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Health status
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EQ-5D [24]
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A generic health-related quality of life index that can be related to costs.
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Baseline, three and twelve months.
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Self report repetition of self-harm
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Self report assessed by telephone interviewer blind to allocation
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Three and twelve months
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Social functioning
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SF-36 [25]
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A generic measure of functional health and well being
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Baseline, three and twelve months
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Sense of belonging
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Sense of belonging instrument (SOBI) [26]
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Self report scale on sense of belonging to a community and ethnicity
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Baseline, three and twelve months
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Cultural identity
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Cultural identity profile [27]
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Produces four indicators of cultural identity, a secure, positive, notional or compromised identity
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Baseline, three and twelve months
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Seriousness of suicide attempt
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Self rated objective part of the Beck Suicide Intent Scale (BSIS)[28]
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Self report scale indicating the degree of suicidal intent of the self harm episode
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Baseline
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Costs following index attempt
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Health service use, costs of attending care, cost of medication and time off work
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Self report assessed by telephone interviewer blind to allocation
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Three and twelve months
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