Results of a feasibility study of the FReSH START intervention to improve quality of life and other outcomes in people who repeatedly self-harm (Function REplacement in repeated Self-Harm: Standardising Therapeutic Assessment and the Related Therapy)

Table 5 Summaries of participant-reported outcomes

	Baseline (all participants, n = 30)	Baseline (of participants followed-up, n = 16)	6 months (n = 16)
CORE-OM Total score
Mean (SD)	21.0 (5.73)	20.2 (5.92)	16.9 (8.27)
95% CI	(18.83 to 23.10)		(12.54 to 21.36)
Range	12.4 to 33.5	12 to 32	5.9 to 29.7
CORE-OM Categories
Clinical (10 to 40)	30 (100.0%)	16 (100.0%)	12 (75.0%)
Non-clinical (Less than 10)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (25.0%)
Reliable and clinically significant improvement (RCSI) on CORE-OM			0 (0.0%)
CORE-OM total change from baseline
Mean (SD)			− 3.2 (5.44)
95% CI			(− 6.13 to − 0.34)
Range			− 11.5 to 7.4
Beck Hopelessness Scale total score
Mean (SD)	14.4 (4.80)	13.3 (4.70)	10.6 (6.41)
95% CI	(12.60 to 16.18)		(7.16 to 14.00)
Range	3.0 to 20.0	4.0 to 20.0	1.0 to 20.0
PHQ-9
Mean (SD)	18.7 (5.23)	18.6 (5.49)	14.4 (7.90)
95% CI	(16.76 to 20.67)		(9.80 to 18.92)
Range	9.0 to 26.0	9.0 to 26.0	2.0 to 27.0
SCS-R
Mean (SD)	59.2 (17.68)	59.0 (15.45)	66.3 (23.74)
95% CI	(52.56 to 65.77)		(53.66 to 78.96)
Range	22.0 to 101.0	35.0 to 90.0	28.0 to 99.0

Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation–Outcome Measure (CORE-OM): Range from 0 to 40 with a higher score indicating higher levels of distress. Reliable and clinically significant improvement (RCSI) on the CORE-OM was defined as: change in CORE-OM of 5 or more points (reliable) and movement from the clinical range (≥ 10/40) to the non-clinical range (< 10/40) (clinically significant) [34,35,36]
Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS): Range from 0 to 20 with a higher score indicating higher levels of hopelessness. Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9): Range from 0 to 27, with a higher score indicating higher levels of depression. Social Connectedness Scale—Revised (SCS-R): range from 20 to 120, with a higher score indicating more connectedness to others
SD Standard deviation, CI Confidence interval

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