Distinctive emotional responses of clinicians to suicide-attempting patients - a comparative study

BMC Psychiatry

Table 2 Patient demographics

		Unexpected death		Low lethality SA		High lethality SA		Completed suicide
		n	Valid %	n	Valid %	n	Valid %	n	Valid %
Sex	Male	6	40.0	6	24.0	14	51.9	5	45.5
	Female	9	60.0	19	76.0	13	48.1	6	54.5
	Not reported	1	NA	1	NA	1	NA	1	NA
Race	Asian	0	0.0	0	0.0	2	7.4	1	9.0
	Am. Indian/Pac. Islander	1	6.7	1	4.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
	Black	2	13.3	2	8.0	5	18.5	1	9.0
	White	8	53.3	20	80.0	18	66.7	9	81.8
	Other	4	26.7	2	8.0	1	3.7	0	0.0
	Not disclosed	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	3.7	0	0.0
	Not reported	1	NA	1	NA	1	NA	1	NA
Primary Dx	Schizophrenia/Schizoaffective	4	26.7	2	8.0	5	18.5	3	27.3
	Bipolar I or II	2	13.3	7	28.0	8	29.6	2	18.2
	Unipolar depression	4	26.7	9	36.0	7	25.9	4	36.4
	Personality disorder	2	13.3	6	24.0	5	18.5	2	18.2
	Anxiety disorder	3	20.0	1	4.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
	Substance abuse	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	3.7	0	0.0
	Unknown	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
	Other	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	3.7	0	0.0
	Not reported	1	NA	1	NA	1	NA	1	NA
Past suicide attempts	Yes	5	35.7	15	60.0	15	55.6	5	45.5
	No	9	64.3	10	40.0	12	44.4	6	54.5
	Not reported	2	NA	1	NA	1	NA	1	NA
Length of therapy	Mode	1-5 years		1-5 years		5 years		1 year
Length of therapy	Approx. median	1 year		6 months – 1 year		1-5 years		1 year
Mean age		49.7 years		37.2 years		41.3 years		49.1 years

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