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1. The questionnaire is divided into 3 sections namely Suicidal Ideation, Intensity of Ideation and Suicidal Behavior.
   1. The first section, "SUICIDAL IDEATION", contains 5 items.
      1. QSTESTCD = "CSS0101" - "CSS0105" with QSORRES = "Yes" or "No" and QSSTRESC = "Y" or "N".
         1. If QSORRES = "Yes", then descriptions provided for QSTESTCD = "CSS0101A" - "CSS0105A" are represented in QSORRES and QSSTRESC. QSSTRESN is null for these items.
   2. The second section "INTENSITY OF IDEATION" contains 6 items.
      1. QSTESTCD = "CSS0106" is rating the most severe ideation with responses represented with a numeric score (1-5) in QSORRES, QSSTRESC, and QSSTRESN.
         1. "Description of Ideation" (QSTESTCD = "CSS0106A") is collected as free text. For this section of the C-SSRS BASELINE, QSORRES and QSSTRESC are represented with the text description. QSSTRESN is null for this item.
      2. For QSTESTCD = "CSS0107" - "CSS0108", the scale points include a numeric rating (1-5) and a definition of what is represented by the rating (e.g., 1 = "Less than once a week"). QSORRES is populated with the text description while the numeric rating is represented in the standardized character and numeric result variables QSSTRESC and QSSTRESN.  
      3. For QSTESTCD = "CSS0109" - "CSS0111", the scale points include a numeric rating (0-5) and a definition of what is represented by the rating (e.g., 0 = "Does not attempt to control thoughts"). QSORRES is populated with the text description while the numeric rating is represented in the standardized character and numeric result variables QSSTRESC and QSSTRESN.
   3. The third section is "SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR".
      1. QSTESTCD = "CSS0112", "CSS0114", "CSS0115", "CSS0117", and "CSS0119" with QSORRES = "Yes" or "No" and QSSTRESC = "Y" or "N". QSSTRESN is null.
         1. If QSORRES = "Yes", then descriptions provided for QSTESTCD = "CSS0113A", "CSS0116A", "CSS0118A", and "CSS0119A" are represented in QSORRES and QSSTRESC. QSSTRESN is null for these items.
      2. For QSTESTCD = "CSS0120" QSORRES = "Yes" or "No" and QSSTRESC = "Y" or "N". QSSTRESN is null for these items.
      3. A "Total # of Attempts" (QSTESTCD = "CSS0113"), "Total # of interrupted" (QSTESTCD = "CSS0116") and "Total # of aborted" (QSTESTCD = "CSS0118") is represented in QSORRES, QSSTRESC, and QSSTRESN.
      4. The section "Answer for Actual Attempts Only" contains the following:
         1. "Most Recent Attempt Date" (CSS0121A), "Most Lethal Attempt Date" (QSTESTCD = "CSS0122A"), and "Initial/First Attempt Date" (CSS0123A) are represented in QSORRES and QSSTRESC and should be in ISO 8601 format.
         2. "Actual Lethality/Medical Damage" for "Most Recent Attempt", "Most Lethal Attempt" and "Initial/First Attempt" (QSTESTCD = "CSS0121B", "CSS0122B", and "CSS0123B") and "Potential Lethality" (QSTESTCD = "CSS0121C", "CSS0122C", and "CSS0123C") are represented with a numeric score (either "0-5" or "0-2", respectively) and descriptive text. For this section of the C-SSRS BASELINE, QSORRES is populated with the text description while the numeric rating is represented in the standardized character and numeric result variables QSSTRESC and QSSTRESN.
2. The C-SSRS BASELINE instrument is evaluated for multiple time points. The time period of evaluation for the C-SSRS BASELINE is populated as an evaluation interval in ISO 8601 format in QSEVLINT when the interval can be precisely described as a duration, or as a text value in QSEVINTX when it cannot be precisely described as an ISO 8601 duration. The evaluation interval for the C-SSRS BASELINE is populated in the QSEVINTX field as an evaluation interval text value, since it cannot be precisely described as an ISO 8601 duration. The evaluation interval for the C-SSRS BASELINE is "LIFETIME" (QSEVINTX = "LIFETIME").
3. Items are divided into 3 subcategories represented in QSSCAT: "SUICIDAL IDEATION", "INTENSITY OF IDEATION" and "SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR".
4. Some items on the C-SSRS BASELINE may be not done due to conditional branching. Items determined for conditional branching in the C-SSRS BASELINE are as follows:
   1. If QSTESTCD = "CSS0101" and "CSS0102" have QSORRES = "No", then the logic branches to QSTESTCD = "CSS0112" and QSTESTCD = "CSS0103" - "CSS010111" will not be done.
   2. If QSTESTCD = "CSS0101" has QSORRES ="Yes" and QSTESTCD = "CSS0102" has QSORRES = "No", then the logic branches to QSTESTCD = "CSS0106" and QSTESTCD = "CSS0103" - "CSS0105A" will not be done.
   3. Items QSTESTCD = "CSS0101A" - "CSS0105A" are only completed when the response to the preceding items (QSTESTCD = "CSS0101" - "CSS0105") is "Yes"; otherwise they are not done.
   4. If QSTESTCD = "CSS0112" has QSORRES = "No", then the logic branches to QSTESTCD = "CSS0114" and QSTESTCD = "CSS0113", "CSS0113A", "CSS0121A", "CSS0121B", "CSS0121C","CSS0122A", "CSS0122B", "CSS0122C", and"CSS0123A", "CSS0123B", "CSS0123C", will not be done.
   5. If QSTESTCD = "CSS0115" has QSORRES = "No", then the logic branches to QSTESTCD = "CSS0117" and QSTESTCD = "CSS0116" and "CSS0116A" will not be done.
   6. If QSTESTCD = "CSS0117" has QSORRES =  "No", then the logic branches to QSTESTCD = "CSS0119" and QSTESTCD = "CSS0118" and "CSS0118A" will not be done.
   7. If QSTESTCD = "CSS0119" has QSORRES =  "No", then the logic branches to QSTESTCD = "CSS0120" and QSTESTCD = "CSS0119A" will not be done.
   8. If QSTESTCD = "CSS0121B", "CSS0122B", and "CSS0123B" have QSSTRESC = "1", "2", "3", "4", or "5", then QSTESTCD ="CSS0121C", "CSS0122C", and "CSS0123C" will not be done.

5. A derived record is created and a QS supplemental qualifier variable is used to indicate an item was conditionally branched. When an item is not done due to conditional branching, it is represented as follows:

   1. QSDRVFL = "Y".

   2. QNAM = “QSCBRFL”, QLABEL = “Conditional Branched Item Indicator “, QVAL = “Y”. (This is a QS supplemental qualifier variable.)      

   3. QSSTAT = "NOT DONE", and QSREASND is missing

   4. QSORRES, QSSTRESC and QSSTRESN are set to null (missing)
6. Records are created in qs.xpt for every item on the sponsor's version of the instrument.
   1. For items not done due to conditional branching, refer to assumptions 4 and 5.
   2. In the unexpected situation where the reason is unknown, then QSORRES, QSSTRESC and QSSTRESN are all missing, QSSTAT = "NOT DONE", and QSREASND is missing.

7. Some responses to the C-SSRS BASELINE items exceeded the 200-character limit for the QSORRES variable and needed to be reduced to fewer than 200 characters. Section 4, SDTM Mapping Strategy, indicates which item responses were revised in order to fit the 200-character limit. 

8. Terminology

   1. QSCAT, QSTESTCD, and QSTEST values are included in CDISC Controlled Terminology.

   2. A full list of value sets for the qualifier, timing, and result fields is provided in Section 4, SDTM Mapping Strategy.

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The table represents the items from the C-SSRS BASELINE instrument.

The suppqs dataset shows the items in the qs dataset which have assigned responses (QSDRVFL = "Y") due to conditional branching.

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