Table 2.
Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of the sample divided by history of suicide attempts.
| Factors | Suicidal | Non-Suicidal |
|---|---|---|
| Cases (N; %) | 40; 45.9% | 34; 54.1% |
| Gender, male (N; %) | 19; 47.5 | 17; 50 |
| Diagnosis, Bipolar disorder type I, (N; %) | 18; 45% | 12; 30% |
| Age (mean ± SD) | 49.53 ± 13.16 | 48.21 ± 11.56 |
| Age at illness onset (mean ± SD) | 26.76 ± 9.230 | 28.67 ± 10.45 |
| Duration of illness (mean ± SD) | 16.69 ± 8.92 | 15.34 ± 10.14 |
| Number of depressive episodes (mean ± SD) | 6.49 ± 3.55 | 7.82 ± 6.67 |
| Number of manic episodes (mean ± SD) | 3.93 ± 1.92 | 3.62 ± 2.24 |
| Number of hypomanic episodes (mean ± SD) | 5.61 ± 2.48 | 7.50 ± 5.96 |
| Number of mixed episodes (mean ± SD) | 2.55 ± 0.86 | 2.51 ± 1.45 |
| Lifetime number of affective episodes (mean ± SD) | 12.97 ± 5.92 | 15.59 ± 12.57 |
| Number of affective episodes during last year (mean ± SD) | 1.74 ± 0.68 | 2.39 ± 3.28 |
| Lifetime number of psychiatric admissions (mean ± SD) | 0.58 ± 1.07 | 0.38 ± 0.69 |
| Duration of psychiatric admissions (mean ± SD) | 0.800 ± 1.63 | 0.588 ± 1.2090 |
| Clinical Course (N; %) | ||
| Mania–Depression–Interval (MDI) | 6; 15 | 5; 14.7 |
| Depression–Mania–Interval (DMI) | 6; 15 | 4; 11.8 |
| Mania–Interval–Depression (MID) | 3; 7.5 | 5; 14.7 |
| Depression–Interval–Mania (DIM) | 2; 5 | 1; 2.9 |
| Rapid cycling | 2; 5 | 6; 17.6 |
| Irregular cycling | 12; 30 | 13; 38.2 |
| Presence of psychotic symptoms, yes (N; %) | 25; 62.5 * | 11; 32.4 |
| during depressive episodes | 4; 10 | 3; 8.8 |
| during manic episodes | 8; 20 | 5; 14.7 |
| during mixed episodes | 13; 32.5 * | 2; 5.9 |
| Seasonality (N; %) | 16; 40.0 | 15; 32.4 |
| Aggressive behaviours (N; %) | 21; 52.5 * | 11; 32.3 |
| brief TEMPS-M subscores (mean ± SD) | ||
| Depressive (dep) | 25 ± 5.54 | 21.91 ± 6.01 |
| Cyclothymic (cyc) | 25.7 ± 6.38 | 21.47 ± 7.3 |
| Irritable (irr) | 19.68 ± 7.86 | 18.12 ± 7.29 |
| Anxious (anx) | 21.33 ± 6.31 | 18.06 ± 5.9 |
| Hyperthymic (hyp) | 18.13 ± 6.38 * | 22.15 ± 5.53 |
| TCI-R subscores (mean ± SD) | ||
| NS total score | 107.04 ± 18.19 | 106.34 ± 17.20 |
| HA total score | 113.85 ± 23.03 | 107.44 ± 23.87 |
| RD total score | 99.61 ± 16.54 | 99.04 ± 16.54 |
| PS total score | 100.09 ± 26.47 | 109.6 ± 24.85 |
| SD total score | 115.4 ± 22.16 | 123.2 ± 21.72 |
| C total score | 122.8 ± 16.14 | 124.3 ± 20.93 |
| ST total score | 73.13 ± 17.75 | 71.27 ± 13.25 |
Abbreviations: novelty seeking (NS), harm avoidance (HA), reward dependence (RD) and persistence (PS), self-directiveness (SD), cooperativeness (CO) and self-transcendence (ST). * p < 0.002 (Bonferroni).