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Table 2 Patient characteristics according to age group

From: Socio-demographic and psychiatric profile of patients hospitalized due to self-poisoning with suicidal intention

 

 < 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)

 
  1. Data are n (%), unless otherwise indicated. Percentages may not total 100% due to rounding
  2. PD psychiatric disorder, SRB suicide-related behavior