From: Which deliberate self-poisoning patients are most likely to make high-lethality suicide attempts?
Risk factors | Rescue factors | |||||
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Low-risk (n = 958) | High-risk (n = 156) | p | Low-rescue (n = 200) | High-rescue (n = 914) | p | |
Male, n (%) | 176 (18.4) | 77 (49.4) | <0.001 | 62 (31.0) | 191 (20.9) | 0.002 |
Age, years (mean ± SD) | 35.48 ± 15.70 | 47.57 ± 19.20 | <0.001 | 39.67 ± 19.70 | 36.63 ± 16.00 | <0.001 |
Previous attempts, n (%) | 223 (23.3) | 25 (16.0) | 0.043 | 49 (24.5) | 199 (21.8) | 0.401 |
Unemployed, n (%) | 339 (35.4) | 96 (61.5) | <0.001 | 102 (51.0) | 333 (36.4) | <0.001 |
Not living with family, n (%) | 206 (21.5) | 29 (18.6) | 0.408 | 43 (21.5) | 192 (21.0) | 0.877 |
Alcohol co-ingestion, n (%) | 294 (30.7) | 58 (37.2) | 0.106 | 50 (25.0) | 302 (33.0) | 0.027 |
Psychiatric history, n (%) | 262 (27.3) | 32 (20.5) | 0.072 | 64 (32.0) | 230 (25.2) | 0.047 |
Death prior to discharge, n (%) | 1 (0.1) | 28 (17.9) | <0.001 | 10 (5.0) | 19 (2.1) | 0.019 |