Table 2.
Clinical variables: comparison between patients in SA and NR (n (%))
| Variables | NR (n=64) | SA (n=84) | P value | ||
| Impulsive risk (n=14) | Medium risk (n=16) | High risk (n=54) |
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| Location | |||||
| Home | 7 (10.9) | 6 (42.9) | 14 (87.5) | 46 (85.2) | <0.001†*** |
| Gathering places | 7 (10.9) | 4 (28.6) | 1 (6.3) | 1 (1.9) | |
| Outdoor spaces | 21 (32.8) | 3 (21.4) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (3.7) | |
| Others | 29 (45.3) | 1 (7.1) | 1 (6.3) | 5 (9.3) | |
| Diagnoses records | |||||
| Medication overdose | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (25.0) | 22 (40.7) | <0.001†*** |
| Pesticide ingestion | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (12.5) | 9 (16.7) | |
| Rodenticide ingestion | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (9.3) | |
| Laceration of the hand | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (6.3) | 1 (1.9) | |
| Falling injury | 16 (25.0) | 14 (100.0) | 8 (50.0) | 13 (24.1) | |
| Ingestion of other chemicals | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (5.6) | |
| Other miscellaneous injuries | 48 (75.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (6.3) | 1 (1.9) | |
| Mental illness | |||||
| No | 63 (98.4) | 14 (100.0) | 13 (81.3) | 30 (55.6) | <0.001†*** |
| Yes | 1 (1.6) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (18.8) | 24 (44.4) | |
| Family history of suicide | |||||
| Yes | 2 (3.1) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (3.7) | 1.000† |
| No | 62 (96.9) | 14 (100.0) | 16 (100.0) | 52 (96.3) | |
| Reasons‡ | |||||
| Family conflicts | 0 (0.0) | – | 5 (41.7) | 25 (54.3) | <0.001†*** |
| Mood swings | 0 (0.0) | – | 3 (25.0) | 5 (10.9) | |
| Interpersonal relationships | 0 (0.0) | – | 0 (0.0) | 1 (2.2) | |
| Work or study pressure | 0 (0.0) | – | 3 (25.0) | 3 (6.5) | |
| Crisis events | 0 (0.0) | – | 0 (0.0) | 1 (2.2) | |
| Mental illness | 0 (0.0) | – | 1 (8.3) | 11 (23.9) | |
***p<0.001.
†Fisher’s exact test.
‡Twenty-six cases of suicide attempt patients could not record the reasons.
NR, not-suicidal risk; SA, suicide attempts.