Table 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of the sample by passive suicidal ideation (n=1,712)
| Predictors | Overall Samplea |
No passive suicidal ideation (1,481) |
Passive suicidal ideation (134) |
Chi-square/t-test | p-valueb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genderc | 5.6 | 0.22 | |||
| Female | 726 (48.4%) | 663 (47.7%) | 63(57.4) | ||
| Education | 123.9 | <0.001 | |||
| Primary | 411 (19.4%) | 350 (17.1%) | 61 (52.9%) | ||
| Secondary | 825 (56.5%) | 773 (57.8%) | 52 (37.5%) | ||
| Tertiary | 374 (24.0%) | 354 (25.0%) | 20 (9.4%) | ||
| Age | 13.4 | 0.15 | |||
| 50–59 | 687 (46.0%) | 649 (46.4%) | 38 (40.4%) | ||
| 60–69 | 493 (26.9%) | 457 (27.3%) | 36 (20.2%) | ||
| 70+ | 435 (27.0%) | 375 (26.2%) | 60 (39.2%) | ||
| Marital status | 21.9 | 0.02 | |||
| Married/living with a partner | 1300 (75.8%) | 1214 (76.9%) | 86 (60.5%) | ||
| Hope (1–35) | 25.4 (.25) | 25.8 (.26) | 22.1 (.69) | −4.86 | <0.001 |
| Depression (0–42) | 11.3 (.40) | 10.6 (.43) | 19.5 (.91) | 7.45 | <0.001 |
| Medical Conditions (0–8) | 1.15 (.07) | 1.10 (.08) | 1.83 (.24) | 2.92 | 0.004 |
| Activities of Daily Living (0–5) | .26 (.04) | 0.19 (.03) | .97 (.21) | 4.90 | <0.001 |
| Time Orientation (0–4) | 3.70 (.03) | 3.76 (.03) | 3.21 (.14) | −4.74 | <0.001 |
| Verbal Learning (0–10) | 4.54 (.11) | 4.61 (.12) | 3.92 (.29) | −2.13 | 0.03 |
| Verbal Recall (0–10) | 3.05 (.10) | 3.11 (.11) | 2.43 (.29) | −2.10 | 0.03 |
| Word Fluency (0–48) | 18.56 (.34) | 18.91 (.36) | 14.91 (1.23) | −2.64 | 0.008 |
| Arithmetic (0–4) | 2.49 (.06) | 2.54 (.06) | 1.94 (.15) | −3.53 | <0.001 |
| Composite Cognitive Functioning Score (0–76) |
32.41 (.50) | 32.98 (.51) | 26.78 (1.89) | −2.96 | 0.003 |
a
Results are presented as%for categorical variables and means (SD) for continuous variables. N varies between 1,712 to 1,537 due to missing values.
b
Chi square analyses were conducted for categorical variables and t-test analyses for continuous variables.
c
All analyses were weighted and stratified to account for complex sample design.