Table 3.
Clinical characteristics of in-patient suicide cases by leave status
| Absconders (n = 469) |
Agreed leave (n = 761) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feature | N | % | N | % | P-value |
| Primary diagnosis: | |||||
| Schizophrenia | 188 | 40% | 201 | 26% | < 0.001 |
| Affective disorder | 201 | 43% | 451 | 59% | < 0.001 |
| Alcohol dependence | 13 | 3% | 9 | 1% | 0.04 |
| Drug dependence | 3 | 0.6% | 2 | 0.3% | 0.31 |
| Personality disorder | 30 | 6% | 40 | 5% | 0.39 |
| Any secondary diagnosis | 237 | 51% | 355 | 47% | 0.16 |
| Any adverse life event | 179 | 40% | 335 | 45% | 0.06 |
| Over 5 previous admissions | 124 | 26% | 213 | 28% | 0.55 |
| Duration of history (>5 years) | 262 | 57% | 403 | 54% | 0.29 |
| Under enhanced CPA* | 330 | 73% | 520 | 70% | 0.34 |
| Non-compliance in last month | 114 | 25% | 100 | 13% | < 0.001 |
* Care Programme Approach