Table 2.
Comparison of patients with and without lifetime history of suicide attempt
| History of suicide attempt |
No history of suicide attempt |
p value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 41.3±9.5 | 44.9±9.9 | 0.0008 |
| Gender (females; %) | 27.6 | 25.9 | 0.71 |
| Education (number of classes completed) | 11.87±2.9 | 12.2±2.5 | 0.29 |
| Employment (unemployed; %) | 69.1 | 59.1 | 0.059 |
| History of physical abuse in childhood(%) | 38.2 | 23.2 | 0.002 |
| History of sexual abuse in childhood (%) | 14.6 | 6.5 | 0.009 |
| Family history of psychiatric problems (%) | 30.9 | 14.9 | 0.00025 |
| Family history of alcohol problems (%) | 64.2 | 59.7 | 0.395 |
| Suicide attempt or completed suicide in the family (%) | 22.3 | 11.5 | 0.0073 |
| Social support (MOSSSS) | 57.2±19.6 | 63.2±17.1 | 0.003 |
| Severity of alcohol dependence (MAST) | 37.0±9.3 | 33.2±9.1 | 0.0002 |
| Economic situation (enough money for needs, %) | 24.4 | 43.2 | 0.002 |
MOSSSS — Medical Outcomes Study Social Support Survey, MAST — Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test. The values are presented in percentages, and means and standard deviations (mean±SD). For non-parametric variables median and quartiles (25;75) are presented; p-values<0.05 are bold.