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Table 3 Suicidal ideation and attempts in psychiatric patients compared with patients not reporting any suicidality

From: Prevalence and characteristics of suicide attempters and ideators among acutely admitted psychiatric hospital patients in northwest Russia and northern Norway

 

Russian cohort (95 % CI)

Norwegian cohort (95 % CI)

Attempters

Ideators

Attempters

Ideators

Univariate

Multivariate

Univariate

Multivariate

Univariate

Multivariate

Univariate

Multivariate

Male sex

1.08 (0.44–2.64)

 

0.36 (0.17–0.77)**

 

0.91 (0.49–1.71)

 

0.89 (0.57–1.39)

 

Age < 40

7.26 (2.62–20.15)***

5.25 (1.74–15.86)**

1.24 (0.57–2.68)

1.38 (0.60–3.14)

1.89 (1.00–3.59)*

 

1.57 (0.99–2.51)*

 

Working/student

1.01 (0.83–2.64)

0.42 (0.12–1.39)

0.19 (0.05–0.81)*

0.14 (0.03–0.61)**

2.72 (1.14–6.50)*

 

1.26 (0.59–2.70)

 

Overactive (HoNOS 1)

1.61 (0.62–4.21)

 

2.41 (0.96–6.05)

 

0.64 (0.34–1.20)

0.91 (0.42–2.00)

0.37 (0.23–0.59)***

0.48 (0.27–0.86)*

Problems alc/drug (HoNOS 3)

1.54 (0.14–3.87)

1.09 (0.35–3.45)

0.42 (0.19–0.90)*

0.31 (0.13–0.72)**

2.62 (1.37–5.01)**

2.83 (1.30–6.18)**

1.34 (0.83–2.15)

1.63 (0.89–2.98)

Cognitive problems (HoNOS 4)

0.56 (0.23–1.37)

 

0.85 (0.41–1.81)

 

0.18 (0.08–0.39)***

0.23 (0.10–0.55)**

0.49 (0.31–0.78)**

0.64 (0.36–1.13)

Depressed moods (HoNOS 7)

2.30 (0.67–7.93)

1.81 (0.43–7.61)

10.52 (1.41–78.23) ***

16.48 (2.18–124.79)**

14.95 (4.48–49.89)***

14.13 (3.96–50.41)***

8.88 (4.15–16.95)***

7.69 (3.74–15.80)***

Problems activities (HoNOS 10)

0.34 (0.14–0.82)*

 

0.67 (0.39–1.83)

 

0.37 (0.19–0.71)**

 

0.60 (0.37–0.98)*

 

GAF-S ≥40

1.05 (0.44–2.48)

 

1.43 (0.68–3.02)

 

3.38 (1.73–6.63)***

 

4.42 (2.68–7.30)***

 

GAF-F ≥40

0.97 (0.41–2.30)

 

1.73 (0.82–3.72)

 

3.75 (1.93–7.29)***

2.68 (1.21–5.94)*

3.03 (1.88–4.90)***

2.19 (1.21–3.95)*

Affective disorder (ICD-10)

1.32 (0.16–10.54)

 

3.07 (0.82–11.43)

 

2.23 (1.10–4.54)*

 

2.79 (1.66–4.70)***

 

Psychosis (ICD-10)

0.27 (0.13–0.58)*

 

0.23 (0.13–0.58)***

 

0.27 (0.13–0.58)**

0.53 (0.22–1.28)

0.23 (0.13–0.38)***

0.27 (0.14–0.51)***

Personality disorder (ICD-10)

    

1.84 (0.93–3.64)

3.93 (0.61–25.23)

4.24 (1.34–13.47)*

6.74 (1.54–29.44)*

Adjustment disorder (ICD-10)

31.50 (10.47–94.76)***

24.32 (6.62–89.36) ***

1.57 (0.19–12.98)*

1.73 (0.19–16.13)

11.30 (1.15–111.11)

 

11.15 (1.38–90.26)*

 

Alcohol/drug disorder (ICD-10)

0.35 (0.13–0.98)*

 

0.44 (0.19–1.01)*

 

1.73 (0.62–4.81)

 

1.47 (0.67–3.24)

 

Referred by someone who knows patient

0.26 (0.09–0.77)*

0.36 (0.10–1.26)

0.58 (0.26–1.27)*

0.35 (0.15–0.83)*

0.43 (0.22–0.84)*

 

0.63 (0.40–0.99)*

 
  1. Patients with no suicidality used as reference category; Personality disorders got no estimates in the Russian cohort owing to few subjects (N = 3); Significance: *p ≤ 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001