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Table 2 Mean reported percentage of legal problems by concepts included in the definition and measurement methods

From: How legal problems are conceptualized and measured in healthcare settings: a systematic review

  

At risk

General

 

n

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

p

Totala

77

35.6 (22.2)

13.8 (16.1)

0.0001

Concepts appearing within measuresb

 Incarceration

45

36.1 (22.2)

16.5 (17.9)

0.0022

 Arrests

21

41.9 (24.9)

20.3 (20.3)

0.0534

 Jail

19

24.9 (20.4)

22.1 (19.7)

0.7930

 General / no description contact with criminal justice system

9

26.6 (31.6)

2.4 (1.6)

0.1271

 Juvenile detention / correction

10

41.6 (10.7)

18.7 (21.6)

0.0874

 Convictions

9

40.6 (29.3)

2.1 (1.0)

0.0639

 Parole / probation

9

34.0 (29.3)

16.0 (19.7)

0.3301

 Immigration

5

34.0 (29.3)

16.0 (19.7)

0.3301

Measurement methodc

 Survey

47

34.2 (22.5)

19.0 (16.5)

0.0131

 Linked databases

12

45.3 (25.2)

2.2 (1.0)

0.0037

 Chart review

8

35.6 (20.8)

c

 EHR structured data

7

21.3 (0.1)

2.5 (3.0)

0.0004

 NLP

3

15.6 (23.5)

  1. aStudies with no percentages reported omitted (n = 5)
  2. bConcept appeared in definition, but not exclusively. More than one concept may be included
  3. cCombination not present – not reported