Table 2.
Patient characteristics according to age group
| < 18 years n = 58 (5.3%) | 18–44 years n = 603 (55.3%) | 45–64 years n = 318 (29.2%) | > 64 years n = 111 (10.2%) |
Total n = 1090 (100.0%) |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Known PD | 35 (60.3) | 385 (63.8) | 224 (70.4) | 61 (55.0) | 705 (64.7) | 0.020 |
| Newly diagnosed PD | 33 (56.9) | 328 (54.4) | 176 (55.3) | 63 (56.8) | 600 (55.0) | 0.955 |
| Prior SRB, median (min; max) | 1 (1; 5) | 1 (1; 86) | 1 (0; 10) | 1 (1; 7) | 1036 (1 (1; 86) | 0.147 |
| Missing | 3 | 36 | 12 | 3 | 54 | |
| Intention | ||||||
| Suicidal | 43 (74.1) | 427 (70.8) | 262 (82.4) | 100 (90.1) | 832 (76.3) | < 0.001 |
| Parasuicidal | 15 (25.9) | 176 (29.3) | 56 (17.6) | 11 (9.9) | 258 (23.7) | |
| Self-injury | 13 (22.4) | 54 (9.0) | 22 (6.9) | 8 (7.2) | 97 (8.9) | 0.006 |
| Family disposition | 2 (3.4) | 13 (2.2) | 11 (3.5) | 3 (2.7) | 29 (2.7) | 0.560 |
| Suicidal ideation | 16 (27.6) | 125 (20.7) | 71 (22.3) | 25 (22.5) | 237 (21.7) | 0.652 |
| Suicide announcement | ||||||
| Written | 10 (17.2) | 78 (12.9) | 41 (12.9) | 18 (16.2) | 147 (13.5) | 0.047 |
| Oral | 18 (31.0) | 142 (23.5) | 61 (19.2) | 14 (12.6) | 235 (21.6) | |
| Farewell letter | 10 (17.2) | 72 (11.9) | 43 (13.5) | 31 (27.9) | 156 (14.3) | < 0.001 |
| Distancing, first psychiatric exploration | 23 (42.6) | 349 (60.1) | 158 (52.3) | 52 (52.5) | 582 (56.2) | 0.019 |
| Missing | 4 | 22 | 16 | 12 | 54 | |
| Distancing, second psychiatric exploration | 11 (42.3) | 246 (70.1) | 123 (68.0) | 47 (64.4) | 427 (67.7) | 0.030 |
| Missing | 32 | 252 | 137 | 38 | 459 | |
| Follow-up therapy | ||||||
| Outpatient psychiatric care | 1 (1.7) | 23 (3.8) | 4 (1.3) | 3 (2.7) | 31 (2.8) | < 0.001 |
| Inpatient psychiatric care | 43 (74.1) | 303 (50.2) | 191 (60.1) | 72 (64.9) | 609 (55.9) | |
| Discharge against medical advice | 6 (10.3) | 191 (31.7) | 78 (24.5) | 11 (9.9) | 286 (26.2) | |
| Discharged home | 7 (12.1) | 84 (13.9) | 34 (10.7) | 14 (12.6) | 136 (12.5) | |
| Other therapy | 0 (0) | 4 (0.7) | 6 (1.9) | 6 (5.4) | 16 (1.5) | |
| Deceased | 1 (1.7) | 1 (0.2) | 5 (1.6) | 5 (4.5) | 12 (1.1) | |
Data are n (%), unless otherwise indicated. Percentages may not total 100% due to rounding
PD psychiatric disorder, SRB suicide-related behavior