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Table 1 The distribution of the educational levels of the general medical (N = 969), and psychiatric (N = 501) groups

From: The five-item Brief-Symptom Rating Scale as a suicide ideation screening instrument for psychiatric inpatients and community residents

Educational level

General medical n(%)

Psychiatric n(%)

Illiterate

140 (14.45)

12 (2.40)

Elementary

188 (19.40)

69 (13.77)

High school

432 (44.58)

326 (65.07)

University or college

195 (20.12)

87 (17.37)

Graduate school

14 (1.44)

7 (1.40)