Table 2 Baseline and follow-up characteristics of people with severe mental disorders who attempted or completed suicide over the 10-year follow-up period (continuous variables)
Non-attempters | Attempters and completers | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | Mean (SE) | Number | Mean (SE) | P-value | |
Baseline characteristics | |||||
Enrollment global assessment of functioning score | 733 | 45.5 (0.81) | 186 | 45.3 (0.79) | 0.919 |
Age at first clear recognition of symptoms (years) | 706 | 22.9 (0.34) | 179 | 22.3 (0.32) | 0.460 |
Carer burden | 677 | 1.2 (0.03) | 168 | 1.1 (0.04) | 0.461 |
Carer stigma experience score | 676 | 0.6 (0.2) | 168 | 0.5 (0.2) | 0.328 |
Follow-up characteristics | |||||
Schizophrenia | |||||
Mean % time in episode | 312 | 28.7 (1.88) | 47 | 26.4 (1.80) | 0.654 |
Mean % time in remission | 312 | 30.3 (2.00) | 47 | 34.8 (2.04) | 0.423 |
Bipolar I | |||||
Mean % time in episode | 263 | 3.0 (0.50) | 82 | 3.3 (0.46) | 0.762 |
Mean % time in remission | 263 | 78.3 (2.08) | 82 | 78.4 (1.92) | 0.982 |
Depression | |||||
Mean % time in episode | 158 | 6.6 (1.40) | 57 | 8.1 (1.23) | 0.565 |
Mean % time in remission | 158 | 80.3 (2.10) | 57 | 74.1 (2.47) | 0.147 |