Table 2.
Suicide attempt related characteristics.
| Before COVID-19 | After COVID-19 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adolescent (<19 Years) (N = 77) |
Adult (19–65 Years) (N = 696) |
Elderly (>65 Years) (N = 80) |
Adolescent (<19 Years) (N = 42) |
Adult (19–65 Years) (N = 314) |
Elderly (> 65 years) (N = 32) |
p-Value | ||
| Alcohol consumption at the time of suicide, N (%) | Yes | 11 (14.3) | 271 (38.9) | 15 (18.7) | 6 (14.3) | 137 (43.6) | 4 (12.5) | <0.001 † |
| No | 66 (85.7) | 425 (61.1) | 65 (81.3) | 36 (85.7) | 177 (56.4) | 28 (87.5) | ||
| Current suicidal thought, N (%) | Yes | 29 (37.7) | 237 (34.1) | 25 (31.3) | 19 (45.2) | 94 (29.9) | 6 (18.7) | 0.139 † |
| No | 48 (62.3) | 459 (65.9) | 55 (68.7) | 23 (54.8) | 220 (70.1) | 26 (81.3) | ||
| Suicide plan, N (%) | Yes | 6 (7.8) | 60 (8.6) | 6 (7.5) | 2 (4.8) | 3 (1.0) | 1 (3.1) | <0.001 †† |
| No | 71 (92.2) | 636 (91.4) | 74 (92.5) | 40 (95.2) | 311 (99.0) | 31 (96.9) | ||
| Joint suicide, N (%) | Yes | 0 (0.0) | 9 (1.3) | 7 (8.7) | 1 (2.4) | 3 (1.0) | 0 (0.00) | <0.001 †† |
| No | 77 (100.0) | 687 (98.7) | 73 (91.3) | 41 (97.6) | 311 (99.0) | 32 (100.00) | ||
| Motive for suicide attempt, N (%) | Psychiatric | 13 (16.9) | 123 (17.7) | 9 (11.3) | 27 (64.3) | 112 (35.7) | 8 (25.0) | <0.001 †† |
| Inter-personal | 18 (23.4) | 88 (12.6) | 2 (2.5) | 5 (11.9) | 58 (18.5) | 3 (9.4) | ||
| Work-related | 10 (13.0) | 23 (3.3) | 1 (1.2) | 2 (4.7) | 9 (2.9) | 0 (0.0) | ||
| Economic | 0 (0.0) | 38 (5.5) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 14 (4.5) | 2 (6.2) | ||
| Physical illness | 0 (0.0) | 22 (3.2) | 14 (17.5) | 1 (2.4) | 8 (2.5) | 8 (25.0) | ||
| Death of others or serious illness | 0 (0.0) | 7 (1.0) | 1 (1.2) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (0.9) | 3 (9.4) | ||
| Fight | 9 (11.7) | 111 (15.9) | 9 (11.3) | 6 (14.3) | 29 (9.2) | 1 (3.1) | ||
| Etc. | 27 (35.0) | 284 (40.8) | 44 (55.0) | 1 (2.4) | 81 (25.8) | 7 (21.9) | ||
| Previous suicide attempt, N (%) | Yes | 41 (53.2) | 220 (31.6) | 6 (7.5) | 30 (71.4) | 105 (33.4) | 3 (9.4) | <0.001 † |
| No | 36 (46.8) | 476 (68.4) | 74 (92.5) | 12 (28.6) | 209 (66.6) | 29 (90.6) | ||
| Psychiatric Hx., N (%) | Yes | 39 (50.7) | 407 (58.5) | 36 (45.0) | 29 (69.1) | 175 (55.7) | 11 (34.4) | 0.008 † |
| No | 38 (49.3) | 289 (41.5) | 44 (55.0) | 13 (30.9) | 139 (44.3) | 21 (65.6) | 0.008 † | |
| Suicide attempt methods, N (%) | Poisoning | 39 (50.6) | 412 (59.2) | 51 (63.8) | 22 (52.4) | 189 (60.2) | 20 (62.5) | <0.001 †† |
| Cutting | 24 (31.2) | 171 (24.6) | 10 (12.5) | 17 (40.5) | 78 (24.8) | 0 (0.0) | ||
| Falling | 9 (11.7) | 32 (4.6) | 9 (11.2) | 2 (4.7) | 16 (5.1) | 4 (12.5) | ||
| Hanging | 3 (3.9) | 51 (7.3) | 10 (12.5) | 1 (2.4) | 27 (8.6) | 7 (21.9) | ||
| Other method | 2 (2.6) | 30 (4.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.00) | 4 (1.3) | 1 (3.1) | ||
| Results of ED discharge, N (%) | Discharge | 56 (72.7) | 518 (74.5) | 34 (42.5) | 26 (61.9) | 246 (78.3) | 16 (50.0) | <0.001 †† |
| Transfer | 0 (0.0) | 5 (0.7) | 1 (1.2) | 2 (4.8) | 9 (2.9) | 0 (0.0) | ||
| General hospitalization | 13 (16.9) | 85 (12.2) | 16 (20.0) | 14 (33.3) | 35 (11.2) | 1 (3.1) | ||
| ICU 1 admissions | 5 (6.5) | 44 (6.3) | 10 (12.5) | 0 (0.0) | 8 (2.5) | 5 (15.6) | ||
| Deaths | 3 (3.9) | 44 (6.3) | 19 (23.8) | 0 (0.0) | 16 (5.1) | 10 (31.3) | ||
ICU 1: Intensive Care Unit. †: Chi-square test, ††: Fisher’s exact test