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Published in final edited form as: J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2009 Oct;48(10):987–996. doi: 10.1097/CHI.0b013e3181b5dbe4

Table 3.

Clinical Characteristics of Suicidality and Depression^a

	Suicide Attempts^b			Suicidal Events^c
	No	Yes	p	No	Yes	p
	N=109	N=15		N=100	N=24
Scale for Suicide Ideation (prior), M (SD)	23.1 (7.6)	24.3	.59	23.0 (7.6)	24.4 (7.3)	.42
Scale for Suicide Ideation (current),^d M (SD)	5.9 (7.3)	9.5 (10)	<.1	5.4 (7.2)	10.0 (8.8)	.01
No. of previous attempts,^e M (SD)	1.9 (1.9)	3.8 (3)	.03	1.8 (1.6)	3.8 (3.2)	.007
Hospitalized in past 6 months (N, %)	70 (71.4)	8 (72.7)	.93	64 (7.1)	14 (73.7)	.82
Highest lethality attempt,^f M (SD)	2.5 (1.8)	1.6 (1.1)	.01	2.5 (1.8)	1.8 (1.2)	.03
Age first attempt (years), M (SD)	15.1 (2)	14.2 (2.2)	<.1	15.1 (1.9)	14.4 (2.3)	.13
Suicide Intent Scale, M (SD)	17.7 (5.1)	18.8 (4.6)	.45	17.7 (5.1)	18.6 (5.0)	.45
CDRS-R, ^g M (SD)	49.6 (12.1)	54.9 (15)	.14	49.5 (11.2)	53.1 (13.1)	.21
BDI, ^h M (SD)	21.6 (12.6)	33.6 (12.2)	.001	20.7 (12.5)	32.4 (11.3)	.001
Duration of depression, M (SD)	57.1 (57.2)	73.9 (45.7)	.28	55.3 (56.1)	76.2 (53.3)	.12
No. symptoms of depression, M (SD)	11.3 (2.8)	11.7 (11.9)	.64	11.2 (2.9)	11.9 (1.9)	.30
CGAS,ⁱ M (SD)	48.4 (11.1)	47.9 (11.2)	.86	48.9 (11.2)	46.3 (10.3)	.32
No. comorbid diagnoses, M (SD)	1.6 (1.2)	1.6 (1.2)	.94	1.6 (1.2)	1.7 (1.0)	.84

N’s vary from 116–124, due to missing data.

Suicide attempt: An act of self-injurious behavior with an inferred or explicit wish to die.

Suicidal event: Completed suicide, attempted suicide, preparatory behavior toward an imminent attempt, or suicidal ideation.

Attempt t=1.67, df=115; event t=2.53, df=116.

Attempt t=2.36, df=15.6; event t=2.94, df=122

Attempt t=2.66, df=25.3; event t=2.28, df=120

CDRS-R=Children’s Depression Rating Scale-Revised

BDI=Beck Depression Inventory; attempt t=3.39, df=116; event t=4.12, df=116

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CGAS=Child Global Assessment Scale