TABLE 2.
ATTEMPTERS AND NON-ATTEMPTERS AT 8 YR. FOLLOW-UP
| 1. Demographic Variables | Non-Attempter (n=98) |
Attempter (n=25) |
Statistic , df, p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (@ long term FU) | 37.9 ± 8.6 | 39.4 ± 7.6 | t=0.80, df 122, 0.43 |
| Education (@ baseline, # years FT) | 14.4 ± 2.3 | 13.0 ± 1.7 | t=3.35, df 122, 0.002 |
| Sex (% female) | 75.5 | 80.0 | χ2=0.22, df 1, 0.79 |
| Source of Recruitment Inpatient Outpatient Non-patient |
28.6 33.7 37.8 |
64.0 20.0 16.0 |
χ2=11.02, df 2, 0.003 |
| Race (% Caucasian) | 87.8 | 64.0 | FET, 0.014 |
| Religion (% none) | 26.5 | 29.2 | χ2=0.07, df 1, 0.80 |
| Married (% no) | 73.5 | 72.0 | χ2=0.02, df 1, 0.88 |
| Children (% none) | 70.1 | 64.0 | χ2=0.35,df 1, 0.56 |
| Family History of Suicide (% yes) | 1.6 | 4.3 | FET, 0.47 |
| 2. Socio-economic Variables | |||
| SES ( % Hollingshead Cl. IV,V) | 57.6 | 63.6 | χ2=0.27,df 1, 0.61 |
| Lives Alone (% yes) | 35.5 | 37.5 | χ2=0.02, df 1, 0.88 |
| Source of Income (% on gov’t. support) | 22.4 | 28.0 | χ2=0.34, df 1, 0.56 |
| Household Income (% <20K)(1) | 69.4 | 88.0 | χ2=3.52,df 1, 0.06 |
| Patient Personal Income (% <10K)(2) | 47.4 | 64.0 | χ2=2.19, df 1, 0.14 |
| Change in Employment (%yes) | 34.0 | 64.0 | χ2=7.43, df 1, 0.006 |
| 3. Clinical Variables | |||
| Hospitalization (%yes before any att.) | 20.4 | 64.0 | χ2=18.28, df 1, <0.001* |
| Outpatient Tx. (% yes before any att.) | 73.5 | 68.0 | χ2=0.30, df 1, 0.59 |
| Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) | 44.9 | 56.0 | χ2=0.99,df 1, 0.32 |
| Substance use Disorder (SUD) | 3.1 | 8.0 | FET, 0.27 |
| Alcohol abuse/dependence (ALC) | 7.1 | 8.0 | FET, 1.00 |
| Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) | 3.1 | 4.0 | FET, 1.00 |
| Beck Depression Inventory | 17.63 ± 13.7 | 21.27 ± 16.08 | t=0.91,df 77, 0.36 |
| Aggression, Adult (Brown-Goodwin LHA) | 14.84 ± 3.94 | 19.07 ± 6.14 | t=2.55, df 16.9, 0.02 |
| Barratt Impulsiveness Scale (BIS) | 74.05 ± 7.33 | 75.82 ± 4.39 | t=1.08, df 100, 0.28 |
| Buss-Durkee Hostility Inventory (BDHI) | 38.56 ± 17.90 | 38.87 ± 27.13 | t=0.04, df 18.2, 0.97 |
| Hamilton Depression (HamD) | 13.22 ± 10.07 | 16.61 ± 11.44 | t=1.27, df 99, 0.21 |
| Beck Hopelessness Scale | 8.34 ± 6.79 | 9.21 ± 7.11 | t=0.42,df 56, 0.68 |
| Social Adjustment Scale (SAS-SR) | 2.20 ± 0.63 | 2.23 ± 0.59 | t=0.21,df 108, 0.84 |
| Global Assessment Scale (GAS) | 61.43 ± 10.75 | 53.92 ± 15.88 | t=2.23, df 30, 0.03 |
| Poor psychosocial function @ BL (%GAS<61) | 64.3 | 92.0 | X2=7.27, df 1, 0.007 |
| Poor psychosocial function @ 8y (%GAS<61) | 46.9 | 68.0 | χ2=3.54, df 1, 0.06 |
(1)
$20,000 is the Federal definition of poverty for a household of three persons,
(2)
$ 10,000 for a single person household (www.hhs.gov) , FET = Fisher’s Exact Test,
*
Bonferroni correction for multiple comparisons, p.<.002