Table 2.
Psychiatric symptoms in accordance with the Comprehensive Psychopathological Rating Scale (CPRS) a in hospitalized suicide attempters aged 70 and above by sex.
| CPRS-Symptoms | Women n = 56 | Men n = 47 | Test Results b | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | (%) | n | (%) | p-Value | |
| Depressive Symptoms | |||||
| Sadness (reported) | 47 | (83.9) | 43 | (93.5) | 0.217 |
| Sadness (observed) | 49 | (87.5) | 41 | (87.2) | 1.000 |
| Inability to feel | 44 | (80.0) | 37 | (80.4) | 1.000 |
| Pessimistic thoughts | 33 | (60.0) | 30 | (63.8) | 0.838 |
| Hostile feelings | 11 | (20.4) | 10 | (22.4) | 1.000 |
| Suicidal thoughts | 49 | (89.1) | 41 | (89.1) | 1.000 |
| Anxiety Symptoms | |||||
| Inner tension | 28 | (51.9) | 18 | (40.0) | 0.312 |
| Worrying over trifles | 32 | (59.3) | 22 | (48.9) | 0.319 |
| Autonomic disturbances | 12 | (22.2) | 5 | (11.1) | 0.185 |
| Muscular tension (reported) | 27 | (49.1) | 14 | (31.1) | 0.102 |
| Cognitive Symptoms | |||||
| Failing memory | 36 | (65.5) | 26 | (57.8) | 0.535 |
| Fatiguability | 43 | (78.2) | 32 | (71.1) | 0.489 |
| Indecision | 25 | (45.5) | 14 | (31.1) | 0.156 |
| Lassitude | 41 | (75.9) | 32 | (71.1) | 0.650 |
| Concentration difficulties | 27 | (50.0) | 25 | (55.6) | 0.687 |
| Somatic Symptoms | |||||
| Aches and pain | 29 | (53.7) | 23 | (51.1) | 0.842 |
| Reduced sleep | 22 | (40.7) | 17 | (37.8) | 0.838 |
| Reduced appetite | 26 | (47.3) | 21 | (45.7) | 1.000 |
| Number of Symptoms by Group | |||||
| Women | Men | Test Results c | |||
| Median | Median | Z-value | p-value | ||
| Depressive symptoms | 5 | 5 | −0.585 | 0.559 | |
| Anxiety symptoms | 2 | 1 | −1.673 | 0.094 | |
| Cognitive symptoms | 1 | 1 | −1.009 | 0.313 | |
| Somatic symptoms | 0 | 0 | −0.375 | 0.708 | |
a A symptom was considered to be present when the score was 2 or more; b Fisher’s exact test; c Mann-Whitney U Test.