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Table 1 Characteristics of the patients according to the group

From: The association between reattempted suicide and incoming calls to the brief contact intervention service, VigilanS: a study of the clinical profile of callers

Data n (%) or mean (±SD)

No In. Call

n = 472

In. Call

n = 107

p value

Sociodemographic Characteristics

 Age (years)

37.9 (±15.9)

41.4 (±16.2)

0.04*

 Gender

309 (65.4)

76 (61.2)

0.26

Suicide Attempt Characteristics

 Acute consumption of alcohol

180

37

0.13

 Treatment in an ICU

31

11

0.24

 Psychiatric inpatient

135

37

0.24

Mode of Suicide Attempt

 Firearm

2 (0.42)

0 (0)

0.15

 Drug/poison ingestion

408 (86.4)

93 (86.9)

0.69

 Intentional car crash

5 (1.05)

1 (0.93)

0.90

 Jumping

14 (2.96)

6 (5.60)

0.43

 Drowning

2 (0.42)

0 (0)

0.15

 Cutting/injury

19 (4.02)

2 (1.86)

0.17

 Hanging/suffocation

19 (4.02)

4 (3.73)

0.88

 Other

3 (0.63)

1 (0.93)

0.76

Clinical Characteristics

 Adjustment Disorders

117 (24.7)

17 (15.8)

0.03*

 BPD

91 (19.3)

31 (28.9)

0.04*

 MDD

160 (33.9)

39 (36.4)

0.07

 Alcohol dependence

14 (2.96)

3 (2.80)

0.92

 PTSD

5 (1.05)

2 (1.86)

0.56

 Suicide Attempt Past Hist.

258 (54.6)

77 (71.9)

< 0.001*

Follow-up Characteristics

 Reattempt

67 (14.1)

38 (35.5)

< 0.001*

 Number of reattempts

0.22 (±0.04)

0.79 (±0.74)

< 0.001*

 Call Resp. D10-D21

271 (57.4)

76 (71.0)

< 0.001*

 Call Resp. M6

245 (51.9)

72 (67.2)

< 0.001*

 Postcard sent

250 (52.9)

49 (45.7)

0.18

 Call to professionals

52 (11.1)

44 ((41.1)

< 0.001*

 Call to French 911

5 (1.05)

28 (26.1)

< 0.001*

 Call to relatives

23 (4.87)

13 (12.1)

0.07

 Support available

443 (93.8)

96 (89.7)

0.19

  1. SD standard deviation, In. Call incoming call, No In. Call no incoming call, ICU intensive care unit, BPD borderline personality disorder, MDD major depressive disorder, PTSD post-traumatic stress disorder, Suicide Attempt Past Hist. suicide attempt past history, Call Resp. D10-D21 response to the call made between days 10 and 21, Call Resp. M6 response to the call made at 6 months
  2. * denotes significant result (p value < 0.05)