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. 2022 Apr 1;8(3):e77. doi: 10.1192/bjo.2022.42

Table 2.

Regression equation values for the independent variables (sociodemographic and clinical) in older adults and the elderly

χ2 R2Nagelkerke β coefficient s.e. Wald statistic Exp(β) 95% CI (exp(β))
Lower limit Upper limit
Model 1 (n1 = 81)
Age (50–60 years) 9.78** 0.175 0.08 0.05 5.32** 0.92 0.84 1.01
Marital status (single) 3.71* 0.309 0.27 0.14 3.59* 0.76 0.57 1.01
Pre-existing condition (anxiety) 13.51** 0.416 0.15 0.05 10.46** 0.96 0.78 0.98
Methods of self-injury (mixed) 11.96** 0.616 0.11 0.03 7.41** 0.90 0.84 0.96
Healthcare action (admission) 1.11* 0.041 0.32 0.11 1.07* 0.03 0.01 0.07
Model 2 (n2 = 134)
Gender (female) 3.95** 0.101 1.12 0.06 6.21** 0.90 0.75 1.08
Age (71–80 years) 2.03* 0.282 0.14 0.23 5.12** 0.82 0.70 0.97
Marital status (widowed) 1.86* 0.375 0.19 0.46 3.97** 0.61 0.27 0.81
Pre-existing condition (depression) 11.83** 0.291 0.11 0.39 12.99** 0.95 0.23 0.98
Pre-existing condition (physical) 1.34* 0.336 0.91 0.67 1.17* 0.93 0.13 0.99
Suicide re-attempt method (single) 1.08* 0.598 0.33 0.18 3.23* 0.74 0.12 0.85
Healthcare action (discharge) 3.27** 0.754 1.36 0.21 4.11** 0.81 0.56 0.92

Model 1: older adults and the elderly who engage in more than one episode of self-injury. Model 2: older adults and the elderly who make more than one suicide attempt.

*P < 0.05, **P < 0.01.