Table 1 Comparison of socio-demographic and clinical variables between patients with and without suicide attempt(SI)
With SI n | Without SI n | χ2/t | p | Effect size (φ/Cohen’s d) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age, mean (SD) | 54 | 33.8 (8.7) | 245 | 36.5 (10.4) | -1.7 | 0.05 | 0.28 | |
Gender, n(%) | Male | 54 | 33 (61.1) | 246 | 141(57.3) | 0.26 | ||
Female | 21 (38.9) | 105(42.7) | 0.65 | - | ||||
Occupation, n(%) | Employed | 54 | 24 (44.4) | 245 | 90 (36.7) | 1.08 | ||
Homemaker | 11 (20.4) | 59(24.1) | 0. 57 | - | ||||
Unemployed | 19 (35.2) | 96 (39.2) | ||||||
Education, n(%) | Not educated | 54 | 3 (5.6) | 244 | 11 (4.5) | 1.75 | ||
School/PUC | 28 (51.9) | 149(61.1) | 0.40 | - | ||||
Graduate/PG | 23(42.6) | 84(34.4) | ||||||
Socio-economic status, n(%) | APL | 54 | 38 (70.4) | 238 | 164(68.9) | 0.04 | ||
BPL | 16 (29.6) | 74 (31.1) | 0.48 | - | ||||
Residence, n(%) | Urban | 54 | 30 (55.6) | 242 | 134(55.4) | |||
Rural | 24 (44.4) | 108(44.6) | 0.001 | > 0.99 | - | |||
Marital status, n(%) | Single | 54 | 30 (55.6) | 245 | 129(52.4) | 1.84 | ||
Married | 18 (33.3) | 100(40.7) | 0.39 | - | ||||
Divorced/widowed | 6(11.1) | 17(6.9) | ||||||
Type of Onset, n(%) | Acute | 54 | 29(53.7) | 245 | 105(42.9) | 2.1 | ||
Insidious | 25(46.3) | 140(57.1) | 0.17 | - | ||||
Course, n(%) | Continuous | 49 | 40 (81.6) | 226 | 209 (92.5) | 6.8 | ||
Episodic | 9(18.4) | 14(6.2) | 0.02 | 0.17 | ||||
Fluctuating | 0(0) | 3 (1.3) | ||||||
Age at onset, mean (SD) | 54 | 24.2 (7.8) | 244 | 26.3 (8.6) | -1.67 | 0.09 | 0.26 | |
Duration of illness (months), mean (SD) | 54 | 118.1 (99.25) | 244 | 125.8 (136.9) | -0.39 | 0.69 | - | |
Number of episodes, mean (SD) | 54 | 1.46 (1.4) | 245 | 1.08 (0.4) | 3.36 | 0.001* | 0.35 | |
Number of hospitalizations, mean (SD) | 54 | 1.37(1.2) | 246 | 1.03(1.0) | 2.01 | 0.045* | 0.29 | |