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. 2024 Oct 3;24:650. doi: 10.1186/s12888-024-06128-w

Table 2.

Demographic and call characteristics of callers to the Hangzhou Mental Health Hotline(Part 2)

Suicidal ideation
Characteristic Overall, N = 128,2451 Absent, N = 115,9601 Present, N = 12,2851 P value2
Mood Status <0.001
   Normal 122329 (95.4%) 114653 (98.9%) 7676 (62.5%)
   Mild depression 1281 (1.0%) 685 (0.6%) 596 (4.9%)
   Moderate depression 1915 (1.5%) 384 (0.3%) 1531 (12.5%)
   Severe depression 2720 (2.1%) 238 (0.2%) 2482 (20.2%)
Suicide Behavior <0.001
   No 124252 (96.9%) 115407 (99.5%) 8845 (72.0%)
   Used to be 3435 (2.7%) 531 (0.5%) 2904 (23.6%)
   Preparing 558 (0.4%) 22 (0.0%) 536 (4.4%)
Pandemic phase <0.001
   Pre-pandemic 66,276 (51.7%) 61,183 (52.8%) 5,093 (41.5%)
   Mid-pandemic 45,360 (35.4%) 39,939 (34.4%) 5,421 (44.1%)
   Post-pandemic 16,609 (13.0%) 14,838 (12.8%) 1,771 (14.4%)
Consultation Themes <0.001
   Physical illness 943 (0.7%) 784 (0.7%) 159 (1.3%)
   Mental health issues 57872 (45.1%) 49334 (42.5%) 8538 (69.5%)
   Romantic relationship issues 8312 (6.5%) 7205 (6.2%) 1107 (9.0%)
   Marital and family issues 11593 (9.0%) 10456 (9.0%) 1137 (9.3%)
   Sexual issues 2435 (1.9%) 2420 (2.1%) 15 (0.1%)
   Parenting and child education 2853 (2.2%) 2809 (2.4%) 44 (0.4%)
   Work-related issues 3708 (2.9%) 3477 (3.0%) 231 (1.9%)
   Interpersonal relationship issues 4892 (3.8%) 4753 (4.1%) 139 (1.1%)
   Learning issues 2127 (1.7%) 1942 (1.7%) 185 (1.5%)
   Other issues 33510 (26.1%) 32780 (28.3%) 730 (5.9%)

1n (%); Mean (IQR)

2Pearson’s Chi-squared test