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Table 6 Suicide method: schizophrenia spectrum disorder (SSD) vs. non-SSD

From: Suicide completion in secondary mental healthcare: a comparison study between schizophrenia spectrum disorders and all other diagnoses

 

Total sample 308

SSD 54 (17.5)

non-SSD 254 (82.5)

ORs (95% CIs)

Fisher’s exact test p-value

Hanging

131 (25.9)

14 (25.9)

117 (46.0)

0.4 (0.2-0.7)

0.005

Poisoning

66 (21.4)

7 (12.9)

59 (23.2)

0.5 (0.2-1.1)

ns

Jumping

56 (18.2)

17 (31.5)

39 (15.3)

2.5 (1.3-4.9)

0.008

Cutting

9 (2.9)

2 (3.7)

7 (2.7)

1.4 (0.3-6.7)

ns

Burning

3 (0.9)

2 (3.7)

1 (0.4)

9.7 (0.9-109.4)

0.081

Drowning

21 (6.8)

5 (9.2)

16 (6.3)

1.5 (0.5-4.4)

ns

Undetermined

22 (7.4)

7 (12.9)

15 (5.9)

2.4 (0.9-6.1)

0.091

  1. SSD: schizophrenia spectrum disorder; OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval; ns: non-significant. In bold: statistically significant differences.