Table 1. The sample’s sociodemographic, clinical, and social cognition characteristics and their association with lifetime suicide attempts.
| Any lifetime suicide attempt | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | No | ||||
| Variable | Total (n = 72) | n = 14 (19.4%) | n = 58 (80.6%) | p-value | η2 or ø |
| Sociodemographic and clinical variables | |||||
| Sex, n (%) | |||||
| Female | 60 (83.3) | 12 (85.7) | 48 (82.8) | ||
| Male | 12 (16.7) | 2 (14.3) | 10 (17.2) | 1.000 | 0.001 |
| Age | 33.0 (24.3-43.0) | 32.5 (25.0-42.3) | 33.0 (24.0-45.0) | 0.765 | 0.001 |
| Married or live-in partner, n (%) | |||||
| Yes | 25 (34.7) | 5 (35.7) | 20 (34.5) | ||
| No | 47 (65.3) | 9 (64.3) | 38 (65.5) | 1.000 | 0.000 |
| Education, n (%) | |||||
| Less than high school | 8 (11.1) | 3 (21.4) | 5 (8.6) | ||
| High school or higher | 64 (88.9) | 11 (78.6) | 53 (91.4) | 0.180 | 0.026 |
| Family history of suicide, n (%) | |||||
| Yes | 7 (9.7) | 2 (14.3) | 5 (8.6) | ||
| No | 65 (90.3) | 12 (85.7) | 53 (91.4) | 0.615 | 0.006 |
| Age at 1st depressive episode | 22.0 (15.5-30.8) | 19.5 (14.8-26.0) | 23.0 (17.0-31.0) | 0.213 | 0.022 |
| HADS | |||||
| Anxiety | 9.0 (6.0-13.0) | 8.5 (5.0-15.3) | 9.0 (6.0-12.0) | 0.853 | 0.000 |
| Depression | 7.0 (4.0-11.5) | 6.5 (3.0-11.5) | 7.5 (4.0-12.0) | 0.638 | 0.003 |
| AUDIT-C | 2.0 (0.0-4.0) | 3.0 (0.0-3.3) | 2.0 (0.0-4.0) | 0.833 | 0.001 |
| Social cognition variables | |||||
| RMET | 26.0 (24.0-28.0) | 23.5 (19.8-27.3) | 27.0 (24.0-28.0) | 0.017 | 0.078 |
| Hinting Task | 19.0 (18.0-20.0) | 19.0 (18.0-20.0) | 19.0 (18.0-20.0) | 0.444 | 0.008 |
| IRI | |||||
| Empathic concern | 31.0 (27.0-34.0) | 30.0 (28.8-34.0) | 31.0 (27.0-34.0) | 0.572 | 0.004 |
| Perspective taking, mean (SD) | 25.3 (5.0) | 24.4 (4.8) | 25.6 (5.1) | 0.430 | 0.009 |
| Personal distress | 24,0 (20.3-27.0) | 24.0 (21.5-27.3) | 24.0 (18.8-27.3) | 0.842 | 0.001 |
| Total, mean (SD) | 78.6 (8.9) | 78.7 (5.1) | 78.6 (9.7) | 0.931 | 0.000 |
Data presented as median (Q1-Q3) when non-normally distributed data and as mean (SD) when normally distributed. Other presentations indicated.
Bold type denotes statistical significance.
AUDIT-C = Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-Consumption; HADS = Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; RMET = Revised Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test; IRI = Interpersonal Reactivity Index.
Effect sizes were described as η2 for Student’s t test or Mann-Whitney U test, and as ø for chi-square test.