Violence after discharge from forensic units in the safe pilot study: a prospective study with matched pair design

Figures & data

Table 1 Rates of violence for the safe pilot group (n=18) and the control group (n=18)

	Safe pilot group	Control group	Control group
Number of patients	5	4	9
Verbal threat	4	23	27
Physical threat	1	24	25
Physical assault	1	6	7
Homicide attempt	0	2	2
Total violence	6	55	61

Table 2 Rates of patients and risk management plans for the Safe pilot group (n=18) and the control group (n=18)

	Safe pilot group		Control group		Control group
	Patients	Plans	Patients	Plans	Patients	Plans
No plan	10	0	12	0	22	0
One plan	2	2	3	3	5	5
Two plans	3	6	3	6	6	12
Three plans	3	9	0	0	3	9
Total patients with plans	8		6		14
Total number of plans		17		9		26