Patients admitted to hospital after suicide attempt with violent methods compared to patients with deliberate self-poisoning -a study of background variables, somatic and psychiatric health and suicidal behavior

Table 4 Clinical data according to violent method

	Hanging	Drowning	Firearms	Cutting	Jumping	Others^a
Admitted OUS with violent methods n = 159 Death^b n (%)	4 (2.5)	1 (0.6)	4 (2.5)	1 (0.6)	6 (3.8)	1 (0.6)
Included patients^c n = 80, (%)	11 (14%)	3 (4%)	6 (7%)	27 (34%)	25 (32%)	8 (10%)
Length of stay hospital (days) mean (min-max)	2.8 (0.5–8.6)	2.5 (0.2–6.0)	10.5 (3.2–25.8)	6.7 (0.4–43.5)	22.4 (0.7–119)	39.8 (0.4–143.7)
Length of stay Intensive care unit (days) mean (min-max)	1.7 (0.2–7.0)	2.5 (0.3–6.0)	9.0 (1.1–22.5)	2.0 (0.4–8.7)	8.7 (0.4–55)	1.8 (0.3–3.8)
Mechanical ventilation (days) mean (min-max)	0.6 (0.0–5.0)	1.3 (0.0–5.3)	2.0 (0.1–9.0)	0.4 (0.0–5.0)	2.5 (0.0–13.0)	0.8 (0.0–2.0)
Karnofsky score mean (min-max)	100^d	90 (70–100)	100^d	90.9 (60–100)	95.5 (70–100)	78,8 (60–100)
GCS^e mean (CI)	12.5 (9.9–15.0)	9.3 (5.6–24.3)	12.2 (7.5–16.9)	14.2 (13.2–15.1)	12.0 (10.1–13.9)	11.9 (7.3–16.5)
ISS^f range (min-max)	15 (1–27)	–	19 (5–25)	9 (1–26)	26 (1–57)	16 (10–29)
SAPS II^g range (min-max)	13 (2–23)	22 (18–27)	28 (14–52)	21 (7–37)	21 (4–46)	19 (9–28)

^aOthers: car, fire, acid, jumping in front of train/car
^bMortality in hospitalization. Data from patients admitted OUS with violent methods, n = 159
^cData from included patients with violent methods (n = 80) with percentages (CI) or range
^dNo variation
^eGCS Glasgow Coma Scale (3 min, 15 max)
^fISS Injury Severity Score measures the severity of injuries
^gSAPS II Simplified Acute Physiology Score is classifying the worst value of physiological variables within the first 24 h

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