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. 2020 May 22;9(5):e19203. doi: 10.2196/19203

Table 2.

Participant demographic and clinical characteristics from parent study 2 (note: this study includes only individuals with a diagnoses of mental illness).

Characteristic Suicidal ideation (n=48) No suicidal ideation (n=49)
Sex (male), n (%) 22 (47) 23 (47)
Race, n (%)


Caucasian 14 (29) 17 (35)

African American 17 (36) 28 (57)

Native American 0 (0) 0 (0)

Asian 3 (6) 1 (2)

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0 (0) 1 (2)

Other 14 (29) 2 (4)
Ethnicity, n (%)


Hispanic 16 (33) 7 (14)

Non-Hispanic 32 (67) 42 (86)
Diagnosis, n (%)


Schizophrenia 14 (29) 23 (47)

Schizoaffective disorder 24 (50) 18 (37)

Bipolar disorder (with psychotic features) 8 (18) 7 (14)

Major depressive disorder (without psychotic features) 1 (2) 1 (2)
Employment statusa, n (%)


Employed, full time 2 (4) 0 (0)

Employed, part time 6 (13) 7 (16)

Unemployed 5 (12) 4 (9)

Part-time student 1 (2) 0 (0)

Full-time student 1 (2) 0 (0)

Receiving disability 26 (59) 30 (68)

Receiving disability, part-time work 2 (4) 3 (7)

Retired 2 (4) 0 (0)
Residential statusb, n (%)


Independent, financially responsible 31 (69) 30 (68)

Independent, not financially responsible 10 (22) 11 (25)

Residential facility, unsupervised 0 (0) 1 (2)

Residential facility, supervised 4 (9) 2 (4)
Age (years)c, mean (SD) 44.04 (12.20) 44.6 (11.02)
Education (years)d, mean (SD) 12.40 (2.84) 12.81 (1.86)
Maternal education (years)e, mean (SD) 11.74 (4.13) 12.63 (3.44)
Paternal education (years)f, mean (SD) 13.83 (3.52) 13.14 (3.55)
Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale totalg, mean (SD) 21.95 (11.2) 9.68 (9.86)
Young Mania Rating Scale totalh, mean (SD) 2.30 (3.85) 1.21 (3.38)

aNot available (ie, data not entered prior to shelter-in-place orders and unavailable at this time) for 3 patients with suicide ideation and 5 patients without suicide ideation.

bNot available for 3 patients with suicide ideation and 5 patients without suicide ideation.

cNot available for 3 patients with suicide ideation and 5 patients without suicide ideation.

dNot available for 2 patients with suicide ideation and 5 patients without suicide ideation.

eMissing for 10 patients with suicide ideation and 11 patients without suicide ideation.

fMissing for 14 patients with suicide ideation and 16 patients without suicide ideation.

gTotal not available for 4 patients with suicide ideation and 5 patients without suicide ideation.

hTotal not available for 2 patients with suicide ideation and 5 patients without suicide ideation.