Table 1 Sociodemographic and clinical features of the sample.
Feature | Suicide Attempters (47) | Non-Attempters (57) | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
Age [years] | 29.43 ± 8.17 (47) | 29.77 ± 7.15 (57) | 0.676 |
Sex [% of females] | 40% (47) | 47% (57) | 0.480 |
Education [years] | 11.86 ± 3.07 (43) | 12.37 ± 3.14 (49) | 0.409 |
Age at first contact with psychiatric services [years] | 21.87 ± 7.13 (45) | 24.66 ± 7.96 (50) | 0.069 |
Lifetime acute ward admissions [%] | 42% (43) | 18% (49) | 0.014* |
Number of lifetime acute ward admissions | 1.28 ± 2.63 (43) | 0.65 ± 1.66 (49) | 0.027* |
Previous psychotherapies [%] | 61% (46) | 53% (57) | 0.404 |
History of alcohol abuse [%] | 63% (46) | 46% (57) | 0.104 |
History of substance abuse [%] | 66% (47) | 68% (57) | 0.791 |
Traumatic and/or stressful experiences [%] | 76% (45) | 61% (56) | 0.116 |
Self-harm [%] | 63% (46) | 37% (57) | 0.009* |
Medical comorbidities [%] | 30% (43) | 24% (49) | 0.539 |
DERS | 106.0 ± 42.3 (47) | 100.0 ± 37.5 (57) | 0.288 |
BIS | 72.1 ± 11.4 (45) | 71.4 ± 12.9 (54) | 0.919 |
SCL-90-R | 172.0 ± 71.9 (47) | 144.0 ± 68.0 (56) | 0.053 |
BPD criteria from SCID II [% of yes] | |||
Fear of abandonment | 66% (47) | 74% (56) | 0.394 |
Unstable relationship | 77% (47) | 86% (56) | 0.237 |
Unstable Self-Image | 89% (47) | 86% (56) | 0.581 |
Impulsivity | 72% (47) | 70% (57) | 0.809 |
Affect instability | 87% (47) | 86% (57) | 0.851 |
Sense of emptiness | 96% (47) | 81% (57) | 0.022* |
Anger | 74% (47) | 75% (57) | 0.901 |
Transient paranoid ideation/dissociative symptoms | 70% (46) | 82% (57) | 0.126 |
