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Table 5.

Stratified logistic regression analysis of the association between consultation themes and suicidal ideation among males across different pandemic phases

	Pre-pandemic¹		Mid-pandemic¹		Post-pandemic¹
Consultation themes	OR²	95% CI²	OR²	95% CI²	OR²	95% CI²
Other issues (Reference)	–	–	–	–	–	–
Physical illness	2.91	[1.81, 4.54]	4.67	[2.74, 7.66]	5.08	[2.57, 9.79]
Mental health issues	1.07	[0.90, 1.28]	4.66	[3.79, 5.76]	2.77	[1.83, 4.28]
Romantic relationship issues	1.03	[0.79, 1.33]	3.98	[3.04, 5.21]	2.46	[1.49, 4.10]
Marital and family issues	0.51	[0.39, 0.67]	2.79	[2.08, 3.74]	2.10	[1.26, 3.55]
Sexual issues	0.05	[0.02, 0.12]	0.55	[0.17, 1.35]	0.87	[0.20, 2.62]
Parenting and child education	0.08	[0.01, 0.31]	0.56	[0.19, 1.31]	0.58	[0.29, 2.06]
Work-related issues	0.78	[0.54, 1.12]	1.89	[1.27, 2.77]	1.37	[0.70, 2.56]
Interpersonal relationship issues	0.10	[0.05, 0.15]	0.86	[0.48, 1.44]	0.64	[0.25, 1.45]
Learning issues	0.55	[0.31, 0.94]	1.96	[1.16, 3.17]	1.17	[0.47, 2.65]

¹Pre-pandemic refers to the period from January 1, 2014, to January 22, 2020; Mid-pandemic covers January 23, 2020, to January 8, 2023; Post-pandemic starts from January 9, 2023, to December 31, 2023

²OR Odds Ratio, CI Confidence Interval. Bold figures indicate statistical significance (P < 0.05)