Table 4 (a) Comparison of GAD-7, C-NDDI-E and SSCI between PWE with high suicidal risk and PWE without (using univariable regression) (b) Multivariate conditional logistic regression analysis of association factors for suicidal tendency.

From: Risk factors for suicidal tendency in people with epilepsy in China: a case–control study

Variable

With Suicidal Tendency (%)

N = 42

Controls (%)

N = 126

OR (95%CI)

P

(a)

GAD-7

 < 5

17 (40.5)

82 (65.1)

1.0 (reference)

 

 5–9

19 (45.2)

35 (27.8)

2.62 (1.22–5.63)

0.01*

 10–14

1 (2.4)

3 (2.4)

1.61 (0.16–16.41)

0.69

 15 + 

5 (11.9)

6 (4.8)

4.02 (1.10–14.70)

0.04*

C-NDDI-E

 ≤ 12

13 (31.0)

98 (77.8)

1.0 (reference)

 

 13 + 

29 (69.0)

28 (22.2)

7.81 (3.59–16.99)

 < 0.01**

SSCI

  ≤ 8

6 (14.3)

40 (31.7)

1.0 (reference)

 

 9–15

14 (33.3)

65 (51.6)

1.44 (0.51–4.04)

0.49

 16 + 

22 (52.4)

21 (16.7)

6.98 (2.45–19.88)

 < 0.01**

Variable

OR (95% CI)

P

  

(b)

Job

 Yes

1.0 (reference)

   

 None

5.74 (2.13–15.48)

 < 0.01**

  

 Retire

5.02 (0.41–61.76)

0.21

  

 Student

0.73 (0.18–2.88)

0.65

  

LEV

 No

1.0 (reference)

   

 Yes

2.80 (1.11–7.05)

0.03

  

C-NDDI-E

 < 13

1.0 (reference)

   

 14 + 

3.21 (1.26–8.21)

 < 0.01**

  

SSCI

  ≤ 8

1.0 (reference)

   

 9–15

1.48 (0.45–4.81)

0.52

  

 16 + 

6.67 (1.80–24.69)

 < 0.01**

  
  1. GAD-7 seven-item anxiety scale, C-NDDI-E Chinese version of the Neurological Disorders Depression Inventory for Epilepsy, SSCI-8 The Stigma Scale for Chronic Illnesses 8-item version, LEV levetiracetam, CI confidence interval, CI confidence interval, OR odds ratio.
  2. *P < 0.05; **P < 0.01.