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Table 1 Characteristics of the study sample

From: Global and reflective rumination are related to suicide attempts among patients experiencing major depressive episodes

Characteristic

 

SA (n = 87)

NSA (n = 222)

χ2 /t/U

P

Gender

Male/Female

30/57

92/130

1.267

0.260 (c)

Age (years)

Median (IQR)

23 (16)

32 (23)

7335.500

0.001** (u)

Education (years)

Mean (SD)

13.77 (3.54)

13.69 ± 3.49

2.677

0.102(t)

Course (months)

Median (IQR)

36.00 (72.00)

36.00 (76.00)

9514.500

0.840(u)

No. of episodes

Median (IQR)

2.00 (2.00)

2.00 (2.00)

8467.500

0.082(u)

Family history of mental disease

Yes/No

33/54

63/159

2.663

0.103(c)

Family history of suicide

Yes/No

7/80

10/212

1.508

0.267(c)

Diagnosis

MDD/BD

42/45

128/94

2.223

0.136(c)

HDRS

Mean (SD)

22.11 (4.48)

21.07 (5.54)

−1.725

0.086(t)

HAMA

Mean (SD)

15.28 (5.87)

14.68 (6.18)

−0.304

0.762(t)

YMRS

Mean (SD)

2.26 (1.40)

2.18 (1.34)

−0.514

0.608(t)

BPRS

Mean (SD)

24.17 (2.14)

24.09 (2.30)

−0.272

0.785(t)

NGASR

Mean (SD)

11.02 (2.57)

5.78 (3.04)

−14.234

0.000*** (t)

No. of suicide attempts

n (%)

    

 1

 

52 (59.8%)

   

 2

 

25 (28.7%)

   

 ≥3

 

10 (11.5%)

   

Suicide attempt immediately before admission

n (%)

27 (31.0%)

   
  1. MDD Major Depression Disorder, BD Bipolar Disorder, SA Suicidal attempters, NSA Non-suicide attempters, HDRS Hamilton Depression Rating Scale, HAMA Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale, YMRS Young Mania Rating Scale, NGASR Nurse’s Global Assessment of Suicide Risk, SD Standard deviation, IQR Inter quartile range
  2. Comparisons were conducted using t-tests (t), Mann-Whitney U tests (u), and Chi-squared tests (c)
  3. *P < 0.05, ** P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001