Table 1.
Sample characteristics of the participants
| Variable | Mean ± SD or Frequency (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| Age | 35.63±12.62 | |
| Marital status | Single | 57 (45.2%) |
| Married | 52 (41.3%) | |
| Divorced | 12 (9.5%) | |
| Widowed | 5 (4.0%) | |
| Education level | Primary school | 17 (13.5%) |
| Middle school | 8 (6.3%) | |
| High school | 31 (24.6%) | |
| University | 61 (48.4%) | |
| Master’s degree | 6 (4.8%) | |
| Doctorate | 3 (2.4%) | |
| Perceived general health status | Poor | 14 (11.1%) |
| Fair | 40 (31.7%) | |
| Good | 58 (46.0%) | |
| Very good | 14 (11.1%) | |
| Current psychiatric or psychosomatic diagnosis | Yes | 119 (94.4%) |
| Subthreshold psychological distress | 18 (14.3%) | |
| Psychiatric diagnoses among patients with active diagnosis (n=119) | Depression disorders | 59 (46.8%) |
| Anxiety disorders | 41 (32.5%) | |
| Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder | 8 (6.3%) | |
| Obsessive-compulsive disorder | 2 (1.6%) | |
| Post-traumatic stress disorder | 2 (1.6%) | |
| Adjustment disorder | 2 (1.6%) | |
| Conversion disorder | 2 (1.6%) | |
| Dissociative disorder | 1 (0.8%) | |
| Eating disorder | 1 (0.8%) | |
| Lifetime suicide behavior | At least one suicide attempt | 22 (17.5%) |
| No suicide attempt | 104 (82.5%) | |
| Methods used by participants with suicide behavior (n=22) | Medication overdose | 14 (63.6%) |
| Cutting | 3 (13.6%) | |
| Jumping from height | 1 (4.5%) | |
| Multiple methods | 4 (18.2%) | |
SD: Standard deviation