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Table 3 Negative life events at 3-year follow up

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

Self-reported questionnaire

(T1 and T2)a

Total (n = 570)

Girls (n = 324)

Boys (n = 246)

Girls versus Boys

Last 3 yearsb

Everb

Last 3 years

Ever

Last 3 years

Ever

Last 3 years

Ever

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

95% CIc

pd

95% CI

p

Serious illness of someone in family or death of a loved one

326/565

(57.7)

485/566

(85.7)

204/323

(63.2)

284/323

(87.9)

122/242

(50.4)

201/242

(83.1)

(4.5 to 20.8)

0.002

(−0.9 to 11.0)

0.080

Been seriously ill or injured, received painful or frightening treatment at hospital

126/566

(22.3)

178/566

(31.4)

86/324

(26.5)

123/324

(38.0)

40/242

(16.5)

55/242

(22.7)

(3.1 to 16.6)

0.005

(7.6, to 22.5)

< 0.001

Exposed to a serious accident or catastrophe

74/566

(13.1)

178/566

(31.4)

45/324

(13.9)

120/324

(37.0)

29/242

(12.0)

58/242

(24.0)

(−3.9 to 7.4)

0.506

(5.4 to 20.4)

0.001

Been threatened, physically harassed or violently hurt

124/566

(21.9)

262/566

(46.3)

77/324

(23.8)

160/324

(49.4)

47/242

(19.4)

101/242

(41.7)

(−2.6 to 11.0)

0.216

(−0.6 to 15.8)

0.088

Seen others violently hurt

131/566

(23.1)

241/566

(42.6)

65/324

(20.1)

140/324

(43.2)

66/242

(27.3)

101/242

(41.7)

(−14.4 to −0.2)

0.044

(−6.7 to 9.6)

0.726

Been put in sexually uncomfortable/abusive situations

83/566

(14.7)

163/566

(28.8)

76/324

(23.5)

144/324

(44.4)

7/242

(2.9)

19/242

(7.9)

(15.4 to 25.7)

< 0.001

(29.9 to 42.7)

< 0.001

  1. Note: a Same questions at both T1 and T2, except for question “Been seriously ill”, which was only asked at T2
  2. b Negative life events defined as “last 3 years” were events measured at T2 only, and negative life events defined as “ever” were measured at T1 or T2
  3. c Newcombe hybrid score
  4. d Pearson Chi squared test