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Table 2 Differences in socio-demographic and clinical variables

From: A comparison of medically serious suicide attempters admitted to intensive care units versus other medically serious suicide attempters

Socio-demographic variables

 

ICU MSSArs (n = 99)

Other MSSArs (n = 69)

Statistics

Qualitative variables

n (%)

n (%)

OR

95% CI

Sex (male)

48 (48.5%)

32 (46.4%)

1.09

0.59–2.01

Immigrant

13 (13.3%)

9 (13.2%)

1.00

0.4–2.50

Living alone

19 (19.2%)

15 (21.7%)

0.86

0.4–1.83

High educational qualifications

65 (66.3%)

35 (50.7%)

1.91

1.02–3.60

Active working status:

 - Unemployed

15 (16%)

6 (8.8%)

1.88

0.62–5.65

 - Disability/work leave/retired

51 (54.3%)

41 (60.3%)

0.93

0.46–1.88

 - Active

28 (29.8%)

21 (30.9%)

Reference

Reference

Physical and/or sexual abuse

 (Childhood / adolescence)

19(21.1%)

10 (15.4%)

1.47

0.63–3.42

 Stressful life events the year prior to the ISA

89 (90%)

65 (94%)

0.55

0.16–1.82

 Quantitative variables

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

 

 Age (years)

44.42(16.9)

47.80 (17.59)

0.99

0.97–1.01

Clinical variables

 Personal mental health history

95 (96%)

55 (79.7%)

6.05

1.89–19.28

 Family mental health history

59 (62.8%)

39 (59.1%)

1.17

0.61–2.22

 Chronic medical condition

48 (48.5%)

41 (59.4%)

0.64

0.65–1.20

 Acute medical condition

8 (8.1%)

9 (13%)

0.59

0.21–1.60

Discharge

 Further hospitalization

36 (36.4%)

28 (40.6%)

0.58

0.45–1.57

 Inpatient treatment in prior 12 monthsa

30 (30.3%)

16 (23.2%)

1.44

0.71–2.91

 Outpatient treatment in prior 12 monthsa

72 (72.7%)

43 (62.3%)

1.61

0.84–3.11

Current mental disorders-IV-TR Diagnoses

 Substance use disorder

35 (35.4%)

27 (39.1%)

0.85

0.45–1.61

 Mild cognitive disorder

10 (10.1%)

2 (2.9%)

3.76

0.80–17.75

 Psychotic disorder

13 (13.1%)

13 (18.8%)

0.65

0.28–1.51

 Affective disorder

38 (38.4%)

31 (44.9%)

0.76

0.41–1.42

 Personality disorder

44 (44.4%)

26 (37.7%)

1.27

0.68–2.38

 Adjustment disorder

29 (29.3%)

20 (29%)

1.04

0.52–2.06

 Quantitative variables

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

  

 Length of hospital stay (days)

27.57 (32.39)

18.10 (50.9)

1.01

0.99–1.02

  1. aPsychiatric treatment; OR Odds ration, CI Confidence Interval, MSSArs Medically serious suicide attempters, ISA Index Suicide Attempt, ICU Intensive Care Units