Table 3.
The relationship between suicidal behavior and medical characteristics of the adolescents of the study
| Non suicidal behavior group | With suicidal behavior group | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medical history | (N=682) | (N=139) | OR | CI 95% | p | |
| Pathological family history | Pathological medical history | 188 (78.3%) | 52 (21.7%) | 1.56 | [1.06, 2.29] | 0.015 |
| Somatic disorders | 33 (17.9%) | 151 (82.1%) | 1.09 | [0.71, 1.68] | 0.37 | |
| Depression | 15 (65.2%) | 8 (34.8%) | 2.71 | [1.12, 6.53] | 0.028 | |
| Other psychiatric disorders | 17 (58.6%) | 12 (41.4%) | 3.69 | [1.72, 7.93] | 0.001 | |
| Personal history | Organic disease | 49 (81.7%) | 11 (18.3%) | 0.90 | [0.45, 1.78] | 0.43 |
| Depression | 72 (61%) | 46 (39%) | 4.19 | [2.72, 6.43] | < 0.001 | |
| Other psychiatric disorders | 9 (56.3%) | 7 (43.8%) | 4.04 | [1.47, 11.04] | 0.007 | |
| Child abuse | 107 (67.7%) | 51 (32.3%) | 3.18 | [2.12, 4.76] | < 0.001 | |
| Physical abuse | 64 (76.2%) | 20 (23.8%) | 1.62 | [0.94, 2.78] | 0.056 | |
| Sexual abuse | 6 (40%) | 9 (60%) | 7.80 | [2.73, 22.28] | < 0.001 | |
| Non suicidal self-injurious | ||||||
| Current psychological characteristics | behaviors | 133 (63.6%) | 76 (36.4%) | 4.97 | [3.38, 7.29] | < 0.001 |
| Regular use of psychoactive substances | Smoking | 68 (77.3%) | 20 (22.7%) | 1.49 | [0.87, 2.55] | 0.095 |
| Alcohol | 66 (86.8%) | 10 (13.2%) | 0.71 | [0.35, 1.41] | 0.21 | |
| Cannabis and other substances | 36 (83.7%) | 7 (16.3%) | 0.94 | [0.41, 2.17] | 0.54 | |
| Depression | Non depressive symptoms | 224 (97.4%) | 6 (2.6%) | 10.87 | [4.72, 25.03] | <0.001 |
| Presence of depressive symptoms | 453 (77.4%) | 132 (22.6%) | ||||
| Anxiety | Non anxiety symptoms | 322 (91.7%) | 29 (8.3%) | 3.45 | [2.24, 5.33] | <0.001 |
| With anxiety symptoms | 326 (75.6%) | 105 (24.4%) | ||||
| Self-esteem | Low | 82 (61.2%) | 52 (38.8%) | 0.21 | [0.14, 0.32] | <0.001 |
| Medium to high | 562 (87.9%) | 77 (12.1%) |