Table 1.
Summary of available factors correlated with suicidality
Variable | Number of risk-factor-significant references in multivariate analysis (significant/total) (S) | Number of risk-factor-significant references in multivariate analysis (significant/total) (SA) | Number of risk-factor-significant references in univariate analysis (significant/total) (S) | Number of risk-factor-significant references in univariate analysis (significant/total) (SA) |
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Age | 9 older/16 | 3 medium age/23 3 young/23 |
2 older/5 | 3 older/28 7 young-medium age/28 |
Sex | 4 M/15 | 4 F/22 3 M/22 |
1 M/5 | 4 F/26 1 M/26 |
Ethnicity | 0/1 | 1 Caucasian/3 | 0/1 | 2 Caucasian/4 |
Marital status | 1 married or widowed/5 | 2 not married/182 divorced/18 | 1 not married/2 | 2 divorced/22 4 not married/22 2 married/22 |
Employment status | 3 not employed/7 | 3 not employed/14 | 0/4 | 9 unemployed/18 1 not student/18 1 retired/18 |
Social class | 0/2 | 0/5 | 0/1 | 1 low/4 |
Education | 0/2 | 1 low/10 | 2 low/9 | |
Housing status | 2 alone/4 | 0/8 | 1 alone/2 | 3 alone/7 |
Psychiatric morbidity | 2/7 | 5/11 | 1/4 | 6/11 |
Psychiatric treatment | 1/3 | 2/7 | 0/2 | 7/8 |
Psychosis | 2/7 1/7 rev |
2/7 | 1/2 | 2/7 |
Mood disorders | 2/3 | 3/4 | 0/1 | |
Depression | 0/5 | 3/10 | 1/2 | 8/12 |
Anxiety | 0/3 | 2/6 | 0/1 | 4/5 |
Alcohol misuse | 2/9 | 4/10 | 1/4 | 4/8 |
Substance misuse | 1/7 | 0/7 | 0/3 | 2/8 |
Somatic diagnosis | 3/4 | 1/41 rev/4 | 1/2 | 1/3 |
Family history of S | 0/1 | 1/2 | 2/4 | |
Personality disorders | 0/7 | 2/6 5/9 |
3/6 4/5 |
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History of sexual abuse | 7/11 1 rev/11 |
13/16 | 1/5 | 13/14 |
Method | 1 less poison/4 | 2 penetrating/9 | 0/2 | 2 more poison/8 |
Suicidal ideation | 5/9 | 1/13 1 rev/13 |
1/2 | 6/14 |
Hopelessness | 0/2 | 2/8 | 5/6 | |
Circumstances | 0/3 | 0/6 | 0/2 | 2/8 |
Family environment | 1 bad/1 | 2 bad/3 | ||
Criminal record | 1/4 | 2/3 | ||
Global functioning | 1 low/2 | 3 low/4 | 1 low/1 | 4 low/4 |
Impulsivity | 1 rev/1 | 1/1 | 1 rev/1 | 2/2 |
Abbreviations: F, female; M, male; SA, suicide attempt(s); rev, reverse correlation; S, completed suicide.