Table 2.
Differences in socio-demographic and clinical variables
| Socio-demographic variables | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ICU MSSArs (n = 99) | Other MSSArs (n = 69) | Statistics | |||
| Qualitative variables | n (%) | n (%) | OR | 95% CI | |
| Sex (male) | 48 (48.5%) | 32 (46.4%) | 1.09 | 0.59–2.01 | |
| Immigrant | 13 (13.3%) | 9 (13.2%) | 1.00 | 0.4–2.50 | |
| Living alone | 19 (19.2%) | 15 (21.7%) | 0.86 | 0.4–1.83 | |
| High educational qualifications | 65 (66.3%) | 35 (50.7%) | 1.91 | 1.02–3.60 | |
| Active working status: | |||||
| - Unemployed | 15 (16%) | 6 (8.8%) | 1.88 | 0.62–5.65 | |
| - Disability/work leave/retired | 51 (54.3%) | 41 (60.3%) | 0.93 | 0.46–1.88 | |
| - Active | 28 (29.8%) | 21 (30.9%) | Reference | Reference | |
| Physical and/or sexual abuse | |||||
| (Childhood / adolescence) | 19(21.1%) | 10 (15.4%) | 1.47 | 0.63–3.42 | |
| Stressful life events the year prior to the ISA | 89 (90%) | 65 (94%) | 0.55 | 0.16–1.82 | |
| Quantitative variables | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | |||
| Age (years) | 44.42(16.9) | 47.80 (17.59) | 0.99 | 0.97–1.01 | |
| Clinical variables | |||||
| Personal mental health history | 95 (96%) | 55 (79.7%) | 6.05 | 1.89–19.28 | |
| Family mental health history | 59 (62.8%) | 39 (59.1%) | 1.17 | 0.61–2.22 | |
| Chronic medical condition | 48 (48.5%) | 41 (59.4%) | 0.64 | 0.65–1.20 | |
| Acute medical condition | 8 (8.1%) | 9 (13%) | 0.59 | 0.21–1.60 | |
| Discharge | |||||
| Further hospitalization | 36 (36.4%) | 28 (40.6%) | 0.58 | 0.45–1.57 | |
| Inpatient treatment in prior 12 monthsa | 30 (30.3%) | 16 (23.2%) | 1.44 | 0.71–2.91 | |
| Outpatient treatment in prior 12 monthsa | 72 (72.7%) | 43 (62.3%) | 1.61 | 0.84–3.11 | |
| Current mental disorders-IV-TR Diagnoses | |||||
| Substance use disorder | 35 (35.4%) | 27 (39.1%) | 0.85 | 0.45–1.61 | |
| Mild cognitive disorder | 10 (10.1%) | 2 (2.9%) | 3.76 | 0.80–17.75 | |
| Psychotic disorder | 13 (13.1%) | 13 (18.8%) | 0.65 | 0.28–1.51 | |
| Affective disorder | 38 (38.4%) | 31 (44.9%) | 0.76 | 0.41–1.42 | |
| Personality disorder | 44 (44.4%) | 26 (37.7%) | 1.27 | 0.68–2.38 | |
| Adjustment disorder | 29 (29.3%) | 20 (29%) | 1.04 | 0.52–2.06 | |
| Quantitative variables | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | |||
| Length of hospital stay (days) | 27.57 (32.39) | 18.10 (50.9) | 1.01 | 0.99–1.02 | |
aPsychiatric treatment; OR Odds ration, CI Confidence Interval, MSSArs Medically serious suicide attempters, ISA Index Suicide Attempt, ICU Intensive Care Units