Table 4. Convergent Functional Information for Suicide (CFI-S) Scale.
| Items | Yes | No | NA | Domain | Type Increased Reasons (IR) Decreased Barriers (DB) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Psychiatric illness diagnosed and treated | Mental health | IR | |||
| 2. With poor treatment compliance | Mental health | DB | |||
| 3. Family history of suicide in blood relatives | Mental health | IR | |||
| 4. Personally knowing somebody who committed suicide | Cultural factors | DB | |||
| 5. History of abuse: physical, sexual, emotional, neglect | Life satisfaction | IR | |||
| 6. Acute/severe medical illness, including acute pain (“I just can't stand this pain anymore.”) (within last 3 months) | Physical health | IR | |||
| 7. Acute stress: Losses, grief (within last 3 months) | Environmental stress | IR | |||
| 8. Chronic stress: perceived uselessness, not feeling needed, burden to extended kin | Environmental stress | IR | |||
| 9. History of excessive introversion, conscientiousness (including planned suicide attempts) | Mental health | IR | |||
| 10. Dissatisfaction with life at this moment in time | Life satisfaction | IR | |||
| 11. Lack of hope for the future | Life satisfaction | IR | |||
| 12. Current substance abuse | Addictions | DB | |||
| 13. Past history of suicidal acts/gestures | Mental health | DB | |||
| 14. Lack of religious beliefs | Cultural factors | DB | |||
| 15. Acute stress: Rejection (within last 3 months) | Environmental stress | IR | |||
| 16. Chronic stress: lack of positive relationships, social isolation | Environmental stress | DB | |||
| 17. History of excessive extroversion and impulsive behaviors (including rage, anger, physical fights, seeking revenge) | Mental health | DB | |||
| 18. Lack of coping skills when faced with stress (cracks under pressure) | Mental health | DB | |||
| 19. Lack of children. If has children, not in touch/not helping take care of them | Life satisfaction | DB | |||
| 20. History of command hallucinations of self-directed violence | Mental health | IR | |||
| 21. Age: older >60 or younger <25 | Age | IR | |||
| 22. Gender: male | Gender | DB |
Abbreviations: CFI-S, Convergent Functional Information for Suicide; DB, decreased barrier; IR, increased reasons; NA, not available.
Items are scored 1 for Yes, 0 for No. Total Score has a maximum possible of 22. Final Score (normalized) is Total Score divided by number of items that were scored, as for some items information might be NA, so they are not scored.