Table 1.
Descriptive statistics of all the consecutive patients assessed as outpatients and admitted to the hospital from March 1st 2019 until July 31st 2021.
| Female | Male | All | p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of patients | 1362 (69.3) | 604 (30.7) | 1966 | |
| Age (years ± SD) | 16.30 ± 1.53 | 16.21 ± 2.10 | 16.28 ± 1.72 (min 6.9, max 25.2*) | 0.391 |
| Emergency outpatient | 894 (68.7) | 407 (31.3) | 1301 | 0.450 |
| Emergency inpatient | 468 (70.4) | 197 (29.6) | 665 | |
| Attempted suicide before assessmenta | 178 (13.1) | 49 (8.1) | 227 (11.7) | 0.003 |
| Suicidal at assessmentb | 834 (61.2) | 237 (39.2) | 1071 (54.5) | <0.001 |
| Ever attempted suicidec | 471 (35.2) | 99 (16.6) | 570 (29.5) | <0.001 |
| Never attempted suicidec | 866 (64.8) | 498 (83.4) | 1364 (70.5) | <0.001 |
| Attempted suicide only in the pasta | 368 (27.0) | 64 (10.6) | 432 (22.0) | <0.001 |
Data are presented as n (%) unless stated otherwise. The statistics used were χ2 and Student's t-test; bold means the differences are statistically significant. Number of missing data,
a
31 cases;
b
29 cases;
c
32 cases.
*
The emergency out- and inpatient services provide for the patients up to the age of 19 years. In only one case (aged 25.2 years) an exception was made upon a decision of an extended medical board to arrange a specific type of emergency treatment in a secure child and adolescent psychiatric hospital department.