Table 2. Number of cases referred to the psychiatry emergency for suicide assessment before and after the COVID-19 crisis.

Variable	Before COVID	After COVID	P value
	N=259	N=296
Age
18-29	168 (64.8)	202 (68.2)
30-39	47 (18.1)	46 (15.5)	0.293
40-49	18 (6.9)	29 (9.8)
50-59	12 (4.6)	11 (3.7)
> 60	14 (5.4)	8 (2.7)
Gender
Male	162 (62.5)	193 (65.2)	0.516
Female	97 (37.5)	103 (37.8)
Level of Education
Primary	30 (11.6)	24 (8)
Intermediate	31 (12)	23 (7.8)	0.004
Secondary	150 (58)	185 (62.5)
Higher education	36 (13.9)	62 (21)
Not documented	12 (4.6)	2 (0.6)
Marital status
Single	140 (54)	172 (58)	0.22
Married	90 (34.7)	92 (31)
Divorced/widow	29 (11.2)	32 (10.8)
Employment status			0.33
Unemployed	66 (25.5)	65 (22)
Employed	193 (74.5)	231 (78)
Outcome
	74 (28.5)	106 (35.8)	0.816
Admission under medicine	26 (10)	25 (8.4)
	159 (61.4)	165 (55.7)
Admission under psychiatry
Discharge
Intention to end life
					Before COVID	After COVID	P value
N = 86	N = 61
Age
18-29	55 (64)	38 (62.3)
30-39	16 (18.6)	13 (21.3)	0.807
40-49	4 (4.6)	5 (8.2)
50-59	5 (5.8)	2 (3.3)
> 60	6 (7)	3 (5)
Gender
Male	51 (59.3)	40 (65.6)	0.44
Female	35 (40.7)	21 (34.4)
Level of Education
Primary	10 (11.6)	7 (11.5)
Intermediate	11 (12.8)	11 (18)	0.335
secondary	50 (58)	34 (55.7)
Higher education	10 (11.6)	9 (14.7)
Not documented	5 (5.8)	0
Marital status
Single	50 (58)	36 (59)	0.393
Married	27 (31.4)	18 (29.5)
Divorced/widow	9 (10.5)	7 (11.5)
Employment status
Unemployed	69 (80.2)	49 (80.3)	0.98
Employed	17 (19.7)	12 (19.7)
Outcome
Admission under medicine	28 (32.5)	19 (31.1)
			0.984
Admission under psychiatry	18 (21)	13 (21.3)
Discharge	40 (46.5)	29 (47.5)