Table 1 Patient characteristics according to sex
|  | Male n = 363 (33.3%) | Female n = 727 (66.7%) | Total n = 1090 (100.0%) | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Known PD | 220 (60.6) | 485 (66.7) | 705 (64.7) | 0.006 |
Newly diagnosed PD | 201 (55.4) | 399 (54.9) | 600 (55.0) | 0.930 |
Prior SRB, median (min; max) | 1 (1; 10) | 1 (1; 86) | 1 (1; 86) | 0.007 |
 Missing | 14 | 40 | 54 |  |
Intention | ||||
 Suicidal | 300 (82.6) | 532 (73.2) | 832 (76.3) |  < 0.001 |
 Parasuicidal | 63 (17.4) | 195 (26.8) | 258 (23.7) |  |
 Self-injury | 35 (9.6) | 62 (8.5) | 97 (8.9) | 0.573 |
 Family disposition | 10 (2.8) | 19 (2.6) | 29 (2.7) | 1.000 |
 Suicidal ideation | 82 (22.6) | 155 (21.3) | 237 (21.7) | 0.689 |
Suicide announcement | ||||
 Written | 51 (14.0) | 96 (13.2) | 147 (13.5) | 0.776 |
 Oral | 74 (20.4) | 161 (22.1) | 235 (21.6) |  |
 Farewell letter | 55 (15.2) | 101 (13.9) | 156 (14.3) | 0.640 |
 Distancing, first psychiatric exploration | 181 (53.4) | 401 (57.5) | 582 (56.2) | 0.233 |
Missing | 24 | 30 | 54 | Â |
 Distancing, second psychiatric exploration | 139 (64.7) | 288 (69.2) | 427 (67.7) | 0.282 |
 Missing | 148 | 311 | 459 |  |
Follow-up therapy | ||||
 Outpatient psychiatric care | 9 (2.5) | 22 (3.0) | 31 (2.8) | 0.001 |
 Inpatient psychiatric care | 231 (63.6) | 378 (52.0) | 609 (55.9) |  |
 Discharge against medical advice | 76 (20.9) | 210 (28.9) | 286 (26.2) |  |
 Discharged home | 33 (9.1) | 103 (14.2) | 136 (12.5) |  |
 Other therapy | 7 (1.9) | 9 (1.2) | 16 (1.5) |  |
 Deceased | 7 (1.9) | 5 (0.7) | 12 (1.1) |  |