Table 2 Clinical characteristics of suicide attempters with respect to age group distribution
Age Groups | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
< 18 | 18–44 | 45–64 | > 64 | Total | p-Value | Missing data | |
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |||
Psychiatric disorder | |||||||
Yes | 71 (78.9) | 367 (80.7) | 189 (81.8) | 48 (59.3) | 675 (78.8) | ||
No | 19 (21.1) | 88 (19.3) | 42 (18.2) | 33 (40.7) | 182 (21.2) | ||
Total | 90 (100.0) | 455 (100.0) | 231 (100.0) | 81 (100.0) | 857 (100.0) | < 0.001 | 381 |
Substance use disorder | |||||||
Alcohol | 1(1.1) | 53 (14.4) | 52 (26.7) | 8 (11.3) | 114 (15.8) | ||
Illicit drugs | 2 (2.3) | 25 (6.8) | 4 (2.1) | 0 (0.0) | 31 (4.3) | ||
Multiple addictive substances | 0 (0.0) | 4 (1.1) | 1 (0.5) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (0.7) | ||
Pharmaceuticals | 0 (0.0) | 11 (3.0) | 8 (4.1) | 2 (2.8) | 21 (2.9) | ||
None | 85 (96.6) | 276 (74.8) | 130 (66.7) | 61 (85.9) | 552 (76.3) | ||
Total | 88 (100.0) | 369 (100.0) | 195 (100.0) | 71 (100.0) | 723 (100.0) | < 0.001 | 515 |
History of SRB | |||||||
Yes | 34 (40.0) | 182 (51.3) | 76 (45.0) | 23 (31.9) | 315 (46.3) | ||
No | 51 (60.0) | 173 (48.7) | 93 (55.0) | 49 (68.1) | 366 (53.7) | ||
Total | 85 (100.0) | 355 (100.0) | 169 (100.0) | 72 (100.0) | 681 (100.0) | 0.012 | 557 |
Reasons for SRB | |||||||
Affective action | 23 (57.5) | 97 (56.1) | 57 (63.3) | 9 (27.3) | 186 (55.4) | ||
Health problems | 0 (0.0) | 9 (5.2) | 5 (5.6) | 11 (33.3) | 25 (7.4) | ||
Conflict at work | 5 (12.5) | 7 (4.0) | 1 (1.1) | 0 (0.0) | 13 (3.9) | ||
Conflict with family/partner | 11 (27.5) | 45 (26.0) | 20 (22.2) | 5 (15.2) | 81 (24.1) | ||
Others | 1 (2.5) | 15 (8.7) | 7 (7.8) | 8 (24.2) | 31 (9.2) | ||
Total | 40 (100.0) | 173(100.0) | 90 (100.0) | 33 (100.0) | 336 (100.0) | < 0.001 | 902 |
Substances | 86 | ||||||
Peripheral analgesics | |||||||
Yes | 40 (34.5) | 175 (28.8) | 67 (21.1) | 26 (23.2) | 308 (26.7) | ||
No | 76 (65.5) | 432 (71.2) | 250 (78.9) | 86 (76.8) | 844 (73.3) | ||
Total | 116 (100.0) | 607 (100.0) | 317 (100.0) | 112 (100.0) | 1152 (100.0) | 0.013 | |
Antidepressants | |||||||
Yes | 37 (31.9) | 211 (34.8) | 118 (37.2) | 32 (28.6) | 398 (34.5) | ||
No | 79 (68.1) | 396 (65.2) | 199 (62.8) | 80 (71.4) | 754 (65.5) | ||
Total | 116 (100.0) | 607 (100.0) | 317 (100.0) | 112 (100.0) | 1152 (100.0) | 0.37 | |
Neuroleptics | |||||||
Yes | 29 (25.0) | 154 (25.4) | 72 (22.7) | 15 (13.4) | 270 (23.4) | ||
No | 87 (75.0) | 453 (74.6) | 245 (77.3) | 97 (86.6) | 882 (76.6) | ||
Total | 116 (100.0) | 607 (100.0) | 317 (100.0) | 112 (100.0) | 1152 (100.0) | 0.05 | |
Benzodiazepines/Z-drugs | |||||||
Yes | 5 (4.3) | 114 (18.8) | 76 (24.0) | 37 (33.0) | 232 (20.1) | ||
No | 111 (95.7) | 493 (81.2) | 241 (76.0) | 75 (67.0) | 920 (79.9) | ||
Total | 116 (100.0) | 607 (100.0) | 317 (100.0) | 112 (100.0) | 1152 (100.0) | < 0.001 | |
Others | |||||||
Yes | 39 (33.6) | 187 (30.8) | 108 (34.1) | 47 (42.0) | 381 (33.1) | ||
No | 77 (66.4) | 420 (69.2) | 209 (65.9) | 65 (58.0) | 771 (66.9) | ||
Total | 116 (100.0) | 607 (100.0) | 317 (100.0) | 112 (100.0) | 1152 (100.0) | 0.135 | |
Co-ingestion | |||||||
Alcohol | 5 (5.2) | 186 (37.8) | 101 (40.6) | 14 (15.1) | 306 (32.9) | ||
Illicit drugs | 1 (1.0) | 8 (1.6) | 1 (0.4) | 0 (0.0) | 10 (1.1) | ||
None | 90 (93.8) | 298 (60.6) | 147 (59.0) | 79 (84.9) | 614 (66.0) | ||
Total | 96 (100.0) | 492 (100.0) | 249 (100.0) | 93 (100.0) | 930 (100.0) | < 0.001 | 308 |
Own medication | |||||||
Yes | 50 (60.2) | 297 (80.7) | 181 (87.0) | 72 (91.1) | 600 (81.3) | ||
No | 33 (39.8) | 71 (19.3) | 27 (13.0) | 7 (8.9) | 138 (18.7) | ||
Total | 83 (100.0) | 368 (100.0) | 208 (100.0) | 79 (100.0) | 738 (100.0) | < 0.001 | 500 |