Table 2.
Chi-squared association between the demographic and clinical variables and the likelihood of experiencing passive death wishes or thoughts of self-harm in the preceding two weeks.
| Variables | Have not had Passive Death Wish/Thoughts of Self-Harm in Last Two Weeks N (%) | Have had Passive Death Wishes/Thoughts of Self-harm in the Last Two Weeks N (%) |
Chi2 | p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Age category ≤40y >40y |
57 (81.4) 63 (82.9) |
13 (18.6) 13 (17.1) |
0.05 | 0.82 |
|
Employment status Employed Unemployed |
117 (84.2) 3 (42.9) |
22 (15.8) 4 (57.1) |
7.77 | 0.01 |
|
Marital status In a relationship Not in a relationship |
92 (86.0) 28 (71.8) |
15 (14.0) 11 (28.2) |
3.93 | 0.047 |
|
Are you currently on antidepressants for a mental health concern? No yes |
87 (88.8) 33 (68.8) |
11 (11.2) 15 (31.3) |
8.83 | <0.01 |
|
Are you currently on sleeping tablets for a mental health concern? No yes |
111 (85.4) 9 (56.3) |
19 (14.6) 7 (43.8) |
8.26 | <0.01 |
|
Have you received mental health counselling in the past year? No Yes |
80 (88.9) 40 (71.4) |
10 (11.1) 16 (28.6) |
7.19 | <0.01 |
|
Would you like to receive mental health counselling? No Yes |
62 (96.9) 58 (70.7) |
2 (3.1) 24 (29.3) |
16.79 | <0.01 |
|
Have you abused alcohol in the past year? No Yes |
98 (89.1) 22 (61.1) |
12 (10.9) 14 (38.9) |
14.51 | <0.01 |
|
Have you used/abused marijuana in the past year? No Yes |
110 (84.0) 10 (66.7) |
21 (16.0) 5 (33.3) |
2.75 | 0.097 |
|
Depression At most mild depression Moderate to severe depression |
74 (93.7) 46 (68.7) |
5 (6.3) 21 (31.3) |
15.5 | <0.01 |
|
Anxiety At most low anxiety Moderate to severe anxiety |
75 (92.6) 44 (69.8) |
6 (7.4) 19 (30.2) |
12.79 | <0.01 |
|
PTSD Not likely PTSD Likely PTSD |
77 (91.7) 40 (69.0) |
7 (8.3) 18 (31.0) |
12.19 | <0.01 |
|
Resilience High to normal resilience Low resilience |
77 (87.5) 43 (74.1) |
11 (12.5) 15 (25.9) |
4.26 | 0.04 |