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Table 1 Comparison of the general characteristics of patients who attempted suicide between the hospitalized and discharged groups

From: Predictive factors for the medical hospitalisation of patients who visited the emergency department with suicide attempt

 

Discharge (n = 1346)

Hospitalization (n = 414)

Total (n = 1760)

p-value

Age (years, mean ± SD)

40.7 ± 17.0

50.3 ± 20.0

42.7 ± 18.1

0.000

Sex, n (%)

   

0.000

 Male

420 (31.2)

183 (44.2)

603 (33.9)

 

 Female

926 (68.8)

231 (55.8)

1163 (66.1)

 

Marital status, n (%)

   

0.001

 Single

615 (45.7)

146 (35.2)

761 (43.6)

 

 Married

572 (42.5)

201 (48.5)

773 (43.7)

 

 Separated

116 (8.6)

38 (9.3)

154 (8.8)

 

 Widowed

43 (3.2)

29 (6.9)

72 (3.9)

 

Education status, no. (%)

   

0.305

 Elementary school and lower

75 (5.6)

37 (9.0)

112 (6.3)

 

 Middle school

61 (4.5)

21 (5.0)

82 (4.6)

 

 High school

605 (44.9)

179 (43.2)

784 (44.6)

 

 University and higher

605 (44.9)

177 (42.8)

782 (44.5)

 

Religion, n (%)

   

0.409

 Yes

392 (29.1)

137 (33.1)

529 (30.0)

 

 No

954 (70.9)

277 (66.9)

1231 (70.0)

 

Employment, n (%)

   

0.021

 Yes

594 (44.1)

152 (36.6)

746 (42.6)

 

 No

752 (55.9)

262 (63.4)

1014 (57.4)

 

Cohabitant, n (%)

   

0.186

 Yes

937 (69.6)

305 (73.6)

1242 (70.4)

 

 No

409 (30.4)

109 (26.4)

518 (29.6)

 

Health status, n (%)

   

0.000

 Healthy

993 (73.8)

257 (62.1)

1250 (71.4)

 

 Acute disease

24 (1.8)

11 (2.6)

35 (2.0)

 

 Chronic disease without disability

125 (9.3)

48 (11.7)

173 (9.8)

 

 Chronic disease with disability

204 (15.1)

98 (23.5)

299 (16.9)

 

Income, n (%)

   

0.003

  < 1.5 million KRW/month

386 (28.7)

181 (43.7)

567 (31.4)

 

 1.5–2.5

310 (23.0)

76 (18.3)

386 (22.2)

 

  > 2.5

650 (48.3)

157 (38.1)

807 (46.4)

 

Insurance, n (%)

   

0.057

 National health insurance

1176 (87.4)

373 (90.8)

1549 (88.1)

 

 Medicaid beneficiary

141 (10.5)

33 (8.0)

174 (10.0)

 

 Self-pay (uninsured)

29 (2.1)

8 (1.3)

37 (1.9)

 

Time from attempting to ED visit (hours)

7.1 ± 33.1

5.9 ± 21.4

6.81 ± 31.0

0.518

ED Length of stay (hours, mean ± SD)

4.2 ± 12.3

11.4 ± 18.8

5.4 ± 13.7

0.002

Location of suicide attempt, n (%)

   

0.778

 Home

1170 (86.9)

350 (84.6)

1520 (86.4)

 

 School

1 (0.1)

0 (0.0)

1 (0.1)

 

 Workplace

10 (0.8)

3 (0.8)

13 (0.8)

 

 Lodging

22 (1.6)

17 (4.0)

39 (2.2)

 

 Car

16 (1.2)

2 (0.5)

18 (1.1)

 

 Group living facility

1 (0.1)

2 (0.5)

3 (0.2)

 

 Healthcare facility

7 (0.5)

1 (0.3)

8 (0.4)

 

 Commercial facility

23 (1.7)

10 (2.5)

33 (1.9)

 

 River

51 (3.8)

12 (3.0)

63 (3.7)

 

 Public facility

10 (0.8)

7 (1.8)

17 (1.0)

 

 Others

35 (2.4)

10 (2.1)

45 (2.3)

 
  1. ED LOS emergency department length of stay