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Comparison of sociodemographic and clinical characteristics between suicidal and non-suicidal adolescent inpatients at entry |
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| Adolescents |
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| Groups: |
Suicidal (n = 16) |
Non-Suicidal (n = 39) |
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| N (%) |
N (%) |
P-value1 |
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| Parents divorced |
8 (50.0) |
19 (48.7) |
n.s. |
| Family on living allowances |
7 (43.8) |
5 (14.7) |
0.032 |
| Mental health problems in family |
5 (31.3) |
10 (26.3) |
n.s. |
| Father or mother dead |
1 (6.3) |
3 (7.7) |
n.s. |
| Academic achievement declined |
14 (87.5) |
41 (89.1) |
n.s. |
| Hopelessness |
15 (93.8) |
22 (56.4) |
0.006 |
| Alcohol and drug misuse |
7 (43.8) |
4 (10.5) |
0.010 |
| Indirect self-destructive behavior |
14 (87.5) |
13 (34.2) |
<0.0005 |
| Bullied at school |
10 (62.5) |
19 (50.0) |
n.s. |
| Current daily depressive mooda |
10 (62.5) |
13 (33.3) |
0.046 |
| Anhedoniaa |
10 (62.5) |
14 (35.9) |
0.066 |
| Suicidal ideationa |
7 (58.3) |
7 (24,0) |
0.048 |
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n.s. = non significant, 1Fisher's Exact Test; a Based on SCID interview; | |||
Hintikka et al. BMC Psychiatry 2006 6:58 doi:10.1186/1471-244X-6-58 |
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