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Table 2 General psychosocial functioning, suicidal ideation or behavior and school dropout at 3-year follow up, specified by psychiatric disorders

From: Suicidality, function and associated negative life events in an adolescent psychiatric population at 3-year follow-up

 

Total (n = 549)

Girls (n = 308)

Boys (n = 241)

Girls versus Boys

Any psychiatric disordera

n = 385

n = 223

n = 162

   
 

Mean

(SD)

Mean

(SD)

Mean

(SD)

Mean difference

95% CId

p-valued

CGAS

66.8

(14.0)

63.3

(14.4)

71.6

(12.0)

−8.3

(−10.9 to − 5.6)

< 0.001

 

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

RD (%)

95% CI of RDe

p-valuef

Suicidal ideationb

66/384

(17.2)

55/222

(24.8)

11/162

(6.8)

18.0

(10.8 to 24.7)

< 0.001

Suicidal behaviorc

86/385

(22.3)

67/223

(30.0)

19/162

(11.7)

18.3

(10.2 to 25.8)

< 0.001

School dropout

77/361

(21.3)

53/211

(25.1)

24/150

(16.0)

9.1

(0.5 to 17.1)

0.037

Anxiety disorders

n = 218

n = 168

n = 50

   
 

Mean

(SD)

Mean

(SD)

Mean

(SD)

Mean difference

95% CI of Difference

p-value

CGAS

61.6

(13.3)

60.5

(13.9)

65.2

(10.4)

−4.7

(−8.2 to −1.0)

0.012

 

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

RD (%)

95% CI of RD

p-value

Suicidal ideation

48/218

(22.0)

43/168

(25.6)

5/50

(10.0)

15.6

(2.7 to 24.7)

0.019

Suicidal behavior

64/218

(29.4)

55/168

(32.7)

9/50

(18.0)

14.7

(0.3 to 25.8)

0.045

School dropout

50/205

(24.4)

42/159

(26.4)

8/46

(17.4)

9.0

(−5.7 to 20.1)

0.209

Mood disorders

n = 98

n = 80

n = 18

   
 

Mean

(SD)

Mean

(SD)

Mean

(SD)

Mean difference

95% CI of Difference

p-value

CGAS

55.8

(11.3)

54.5

(11.4)

61.4

(9.6)

−6.9

(−12.7 to −1.2)

0.018

 

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

RD (%)

95% CI of RD

p-value

Suicidal ideation

42/98

(42.9)

38/80

(47.5)

4/18

(22.2)

25.3

(−0.0 to 42.4)

0.050

Suicidal behavior

39/98

(39.8)

36/80

(45.0)

3/18

(16.7)

28.3

(3.5 to 43.7)

0.026

School dropout

30/90

(33.3)

23/73

(31.5)

7/17

(41.2)

−9.7

(−34.4 to 13.0)

0.446

ADHD

n = 211

n = 99

n = 112

   
 

Mean

(SD)

Mean

(SD)

Mean

(SD)

Mean difference

95% CI of Difference

p-value

CGAS

69.2

(13.6)

65.9

(14.9)

72.1

(11.6)

−6.2

(−9.9 to −2.6)

0.001

 

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

RD (%)

95% CI of RD

p-value

Suicidal ideation

22/210

(10.5)

16/98

(16.3)

6/112

(5.4)

10.9

(2.6 to 20.0)

0.010

Suicidal behavior

41/211

(19.4)

27/99

(27.3)

14/112

(12.5)

14.8

(4.0 to 25.5)

0.007

School dropout

37/197

(18.8)

23/93

(24.7)

14/104

(13.5)

11.3

(0.3 to 22.3)

0.043

Other psychiatric disorders

n = 120

n = 59

n = 61

   
 

Mean

(SD)

Mean

(SD)

Mean

(SD)

Mean difference

95% CI of Difference

p-value

CGAS

63.2

(14.5)

57.7

(14.2)

68.4

(12.9)

−10.7

(−15.7 to −5.8)

< 0.001

 

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

RD (%)

95% CI of RD

p-value

Suicidal ideation

27/120

(22.5)

20/59

(33.9)

7/61

(11.5)

22.4

(7.5 to 36.4)

0.003

Suicidal behavior

31/120

(25.8)

23/59

(39.0)

8/61

(13.1)

25.9

(10.2 to 40.1)

0.001

School dropout

31/114

(27.2)

19/57

(33.3)

12/57

(21.0)

12.3

(−4.1 to 27.8)

0.141

  1. Note: SD Standard Deviation, CGAS Children Global Assessment Scale (general psychosocial functioning) (1–100, 1 = worst, 100 = best), RD Risk difference
  2. a Psychiatric disorder includes both primary and additional diagnoses
  3. b Suicidal ideation is defined as suicidal thoughts occasionally or often
  4. c Suicidal behavior is defined as suicidal acts or attempts, presently at T2 or ever, also suicidal acts and attempts with suicidal thoughts
  5. d Confidence intervals and tests for differences between girls and boys were based on Student’s t-test for independent samples
  6. e Newcombe hybrid score
  7. f Pearson Chi squared test
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