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. 2021 Jul 16;64(1):e57. doi: 10.1192/j.eurpsy.2021.2221

Table 2.

Comparison of general characteristics of suicide reattempt and no suicide reattempt patients and simple age and sex-adjusted logistic regression.

Variables All patients
Suicide reattempt (N = 905) No suicide reattempt (N = 9761) HR 95% CI p
Age (mean) 41.0 ± 13.1 a 40.5 ± 14.8 a
Sex
 Male 342 (37.8%) 4062 (41.6%)
 Female 563 (62.2%) 5699 (58.4%)
Geographic subregion (French “Departement”)
 North 508 (56.1%) 5301 (54.3%) 1.10 0.840–1.453 0.475
 Pas de Calais 337 (37.2%) 3777 (38.7%) 1.04 0.788–1.381 0.768
 Others b 57 (6.3%) 650 (6.7%)
Suicide attempters
 Non-primary suicide attempters 634 (70.1%) 4332 (44.4%) 5.36 4.640–6.196 <0.001
 Primary suicide attempters b 271 (29.9%) 5429 (55.6%)
Alcohol consumption
 No b 400 (44.2%) 4777 (48.9%)
 Yes 500 (54.2%) 4973 (51.0%) 1.24 1.083–1.414 0.002
Accompanying person
 No 290 (32.0%) 2398 (24.6%) 1.45 1.262–1.671 <0.001
 Yes b 615 (68.0%) 7363 (75.4%)
Hospitalization stay (days)
 0 b 123 (13.6%) 1399 (14.3%)
 1 413 (45.6%) 4707 (48.2%) 0.96 0.787–1.178 0.713 0.02 c
 2+ 369 (40.8%) 3655 (37.5%) 1.17 0.957–1.443 0.124
Number of outgoing call issued successfully
 0 733 (81.0%) 8601 (88.1%) 0.41 0.332–0.497 <0.001
 1+ b 172 (19.0%) 1160 (11.9%)
Number of incoming calls from the patient
 0 707 (78.1%) 8426 (86.3%) 0.35 0.299–0.416 <0.001
 1+ b 198 (21.9%) 1335 (13.7%)
Number of outgoing calls to the patient’s family and friends
 0 788 (87.1%) 8650 (88.6%) 0.72 0.590–0.871 <0.001
 1+ b 117 (12.9%) 1111 (11.4%)
Number of incoming calls from the patient’s family and friends
 0 864 (95.5%) 9426 (96.6%) 0.64 0.470–0.879 0.006
 1+ b 41 (4.5%) 335 (3.4%)
Year VigilanS’ entry
 2015 b 216 (23.9%) 1591 (16.3%)
 2016 272 (30.0%) 2427 (24.9%) 0.82 0.690–0.989 0.037
 2017 267 (29.5%) 2776 (28.4%) 0.86 0.719–1.041 0.124 <0.001 c
 2018 150 (16.6%) 2967 (30.4%) 0.64 0.519–0.801 <0.001
Means of SA
VDI
 No b 120 (13.3%) 1671 (17.1%)
 Yes 785 (86.7%) 8090 (82.9%) 1.25 1.029–1.519 0.025
Hanging
 No b 889 (98.2%) 9233 (94.6%)
 Yes 16 (1.8%) 528 (5.4%) 0.33 0.203–0.548 <0.001
Phlebotomy
 No b 826 (91.3%) 9051 (92.7%)
 Yes 79 (8.7%) 710 (7.3%) 1.284 1.019–1.618 0.034
Others (Firearms, Lesions, Drowning, Jump)
 No b 884 (97.7%) 9443 (96.7%)
 Yes 21 (2.3%) 318 (3.3%) 0.81 0.524–1.249 0.339

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; HR, hazard ratio; SA, suicide attempt; VDI, voluntary drug intoxication.

a

Means ± SD.

b

Reference modality in the variable.

c

Global p-value of the multimodality variable. Bold values: significant relationship with suicide reattempt