Group Differences in Safe and Unsafe Changes Regarding Gun Storage.
| Change in Gun Storage | Group 1 Control Group (n = 39) % (No.) | Group 2 Verbal Counseling (n = 36) % (No.) | Group 3 Verbal + Written Counseling (n = 52) % (No.) | Patients Completing Project (n = 127) % (No.) | All Participants, Including Lost-to-Follow-up (n = 156) % (No.) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Made a safe* change† | 33 (13) | 64 (23) | 58 (30) | 52 (66) | 42 (66) |
| Made an unsafe‡ change | 31 (12) | 22 (8) | 31 (16) | 28 (36) | 23 (36) |
* Safe change in gun storage is defined as reporting unlocked guns at enrollment and locked guns at follow-up, reporting loaded guns at enrollment and unloaded guns at follow-up, reporting access by children at enrollment but no access at follow-up, or at follow-up reporting moving guns to a safer place in the last 60 days
† Safe changes differ between experimental groups: χ2 = 8.16, P = .017
‡ Unsafe change in gun storage is defined as reporting locked guns at enrollment and unlocked guns at follow-up, reporting unloaded guns at enrollment and loaded guns at follow-up, or reporting no access by children at enrollment but access at follow-up
Note: Three-group comparison, χ2 = 4.78, P = .092; two-group comparison, χ2 = 4.67, P = .031.