Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of suicide attempters with MDD and with no psychiatric diagnosis
| MDD (n = 54) | No psychiatric diagnosis (n = 73) | T | P | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |||
| Age, years | 36.39 | 15.39 | 29.88 | 14.29 | 2.46 | 0.02 |
| Score on HAMD | 27.70 | 7.78 | 6.56 | 5.49 | 17.07 | 0.000 |
| N | % | N | % | χ 2 | P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | 0.04 | 0.83 | ||||
| Men | 11 | 20.40 | 16 | 21.90 | ||
| Women | 43 | 79.60 | 57 | 78.10 | ||
| Race | 3.35 | 0.07 | ||||
| Han | 47 | 87.00 | 70 | 95.90 | ||
| Minority | 7 | 13.00 | 3 | 4.10 | ||
| Marital status | 13.61 | 0.01 | ||||
| Never married | 18 | 33.30 | 29 | 39.70 | ||
| Married | 24 | 44.40 | 33 | 45.20 | ||
| Cohabitation | 3 | 5.60 | 10 | 3.70 | ||
| Divorced/separated | 4 | 7.40 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Widowed | 5 | 9.30 | 1 | 1.40 | ||
| Employment status | 13.53 | 0.004 | ||||
| Employment | 30 | 55.60 | 46 | 63.00 | ||
| Unemployment | 20 | 37.00 | 12 | 16.40 | ||
| Student | 1 | 1.90 | 12 | 16.40 | ||
| Housewife | 3 | 5.60 | 3 | 4.10 | ||
| Living situation | 12.89 | 0.01 | ||||
| Solitary | 9 | 16.70 | 1 | 1.40 | ||
| Shared accommodation | 3 | 5.60 | 11 | 15.10 | ||
| Living with family | 38 | 70.40 | 51 | 69.90 | ||
| Cohabitation | 4 | 7.40 | 10 | 13.70 | ||
| Annual income of family | ||||||
| Low (≤ 10,000) | 13 | 24.10 | 10 | 13.70 | 2.43 | 0.30 |
| Medium (10,001–50,000) | 27 | 50.00 | 44 | 60.30 | ||
| High (> 50,000) | 14 | 25.90 | 19 | 26.0 | ||
| Educational level | 6.17 | 0.10 | ||||
| Illiterate | 4 | 7.40 | 7 | 9.60 | ||
| Elementary school | 24 | 44.40 | 38 | 52.10 | ||
| High school | 13 | 24.10 | 22 | 30.10 | ||
| College | 13 | 24.10 | 6 | 8.20 | ||
| Religious beliefs | 0.71 | 0.40 | ||||
| No | 48 | 88.90 | 68 | 93.20 | ||
| Yes | 6 | 11.10 | 5 | 6.80 | ||
HAMD Hamilton Depression Rating Scale