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Table 2 Crude Odds Ratios (ORs) and adjusted ORs of common risk factors of suicide attempt among Psychological Support Hotline callers in China during the COVID-19 pandemic

From: Suicide attempt risks among hotline callers with and without the coronavirus disease 2019 related psychological distress: a case-control study

Variables

Crude OR

95%CI

Adjusted ORa

95% CI

P value

Age

0.93

0.91–0.94

0.95

0.92–0.98

0.001

Female

1.69

1.38–2.07

1.37

1.03–1.82

0.031

Marital status

 Unmarried

1.00

 

1.00

  

 Married

0.44

0.31–0.62

1.59

0.95–2.66

0.077

 Cohabit

0.82

0.53–1.28

2.14

1.17–3.92

0.014

Work status

 Employed

1.00

 

1.00

  

 Student

1.83

1.49–2.26

0.96

0.66–1.39

0.830

 Unemployed

1.46

1.12–1.91

0.91

0.63–1.32

0.630

Education level

 Primary school

1.00

 

1.00

  

 Middle school

0.78

0.61–1.01

0.87

0.62–1.23

0.436

 College or university

0.29

0.22–0.38

0.65

0.41–1.03

0.067

Depressive symptom

 Mild

1.00

 

1.00

  

 moderate

2.51

1.85–3.41

1.50

1.05–2.13

0.025

 Severe

4.21

3.16–5.61

1.77

1.25–2.51

0.001

Psychological distress

 Mild

1.00

 

1.00

  

 Moderate

1.45

1.13–1.87

1.05

0.77–1.44

0.757

 Severe

2.98

2.32–3.83

1.58

1.14–2.18

0.006

Hopefulness

 Hopeless

1.00

 

1.00

  

 Moderate

0.51

0.42–0.63

0.57

0.44–0.73

< 0.001

 high

0.17

0.13–0.23

0.37

0.26–0.52

< 0.001

Acute life events

1.40

1.15–1.72

1.28

1.001–1.63

0.049

Substance misuse

2.60

2.00–3.38

1.46

1.07–2.00

0.017

History of suicide attempts

9.17

7.29–11.53

5.19

3.96–6.80

< 0.001

Acute life events ×COVID-19 group

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0.47

0.24–0.89

0.021

History of suicide attempt ×COVID-19 Group

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/

1.67

0.97–2.86

0.063

COVID-19 group

0.69

0.54–0.90

NSb

  

Chronic life events

1.68

1.33–2.13

NSb

  

Physical illness

1.07

0.77–1.49

NSb

  

Being abused

1.56

1.24–1.97

NSb

  

Fear of being attacked

1.84

1.47–2.29

NSb

  

Relatives suicidal acts history

1.51

1.23–1.84

NSb

  
  1. The variables with p values greater than 0.10 in the multivariate logistic analysis were excluded from the final model
  2. aAdjusted for age, gender, education level, marital and work status
  3. bNS non-statistical significance