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Table 3 Item scores on Beck Suicide Intention Scale according to diagnostic group

From: Lower suicide intention in patients with personality disorders admitted for deliberate self-poisoning than in patients with other diagnoses

 

F60-69 personality disorders (n = 25)%

Other diagnoses (F30-39 affective disorders, F10-19 substance use disorders, F40-49 anxiety disorders and unknown psychiatric diagnoses combined) (n = 86)%

p value

Part 1

 Circumstances section

  Isolation

   Someone present

12

22

 

   Someone nearby

8

29

 

   Alone

80

49

0.19

  Arranged to avoid interference

   Probable

40

42

 

   Improbable

28

35

 

   Highly improbable

32

23

0.644

  Precautions against being discovered

   None

68

57

 

   Passive

28

27

 

   Active (e.g. locked door)

4

16

0.277

  Contacted someone to tell

   Contacted someone

71

45

 

   Contacted but did not tell

13

16

 

   Did not contact anyone

17

38

0.74

  Pre-arrangements for death

   None

72

81

 

   Thought about it

16

14

 

   Performed pre-arrangements (will, gave away jewellery etc.)

12

5

0.381

  Degree of planning

   None

68

66

 

   Minimal to moderate

32

29

 

   Detailed

0

5

0.541

  Suicide note

   Did not write

64

63

 

   Thought about it

8

8

 

   Wrote note or letter

28

29

0.994

  Communicated intention with the act

   None

48

61

 

   Unclear/indirectly

12

24

 

   Clearly

40

16

0.026*

Part 2

 Patients’ own reconstruction of their feelings and thoughts

  Intention with the act

   Influence others

24

10.5

 

   Temporary rest/relief

52

37

 

   To die

24

52

0.029*

  Expected consequences

   Death not probable or did not think about it

44

22

 

   Death possible

44

40

 

   Death probable

13

38

0.035*

  Perceptions of lethality

   Less than lethal

54

33

 

   Uncertain

33

32

 

   Lethal

13

35

0.055

  Seriousness of the attempt

   Not serious

30

21

 

   Uncertain

52

28

 

   Serious

17

51

0.013*

  Ambivalence of living/dying

   Wanted to live

29

20

 

   Did not care

50

37

 

   Wanted to die

21

43

0.139

  Perceptions of reversibility

   Death improbable if received help

54

33

 

   Uncertain

13

17

 

   Certain of dying or did not think about it

33

51

0.164

  Degree of intention

   None, impulsive

67

60

 

   Planned less than 3 h before intake

17

19

 

   Planned more than 3 h before intake

17

21

0.831

  1. The beck suicide intention interview was not performed for all the patients, and therefore, the numbers are lower in the comparison group
  2. * Significant p-value
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Annals of General Psychiatry

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