Brief Article
Copyright ©2013 Baishideng.
World J Psychiatr. Jun 22, 2013; 3(2): 34-40
Published online Jun 22, 2013. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v3.i2.34
Table 1 Factors associated with receiving more urgent triage categories after presentation for suicide ideation and communication or non-fatal suicidal behaviour, ordered logistic regression, 2005 to 2010, persons per year
VariablesOR95%CIP value
Sex (ref. = female )1.121.04-1.220.004
Age (yr)
10-241.00
25-441.391.27-1.52< 0.001
45-641.751.56-1.96< 0.001
≥ 652.371.90-2.96< 0.001
Attempt (ref. = SIC)3.933.57-4.34< 0.001
Present (ref. = 1 only)1.151.05-1.270.003
Multiple method (ref. = 1 only)1.631.46-1.82< 0.001
Table 2 Presentations of suicide ideation and communication and non-fatal suicidal behaviour by aggregate triage score, 2005 to 2010, ordered logistic regression, males
VariablesMale (n = 4578)OR95%CIP valueFemale(n = 5833)OR95%CIP value
SIC51.311.0038.251.00
Analgesic5.838.906.54-12.11< 0.00110.347.756.16-9.76< 0.001
Antidepressant/sedatives18.899.998.12-12.28< 0.00126.858.286.94-9.89< 0.001
Other drugs5.7923.2117.46-30.86< 0.0015.8817.1013.22-22.12< 0.001
Chemicals, poisons, gases1.9017.7711.55-27.35< 0.0010.9810.165.84-17.67< 0.001
Other methods5.483.172.34-4.28< 0.0014.802.101.58-2.80< 0.001
Cutting10.791.441.16-1.770.00112.910.830.70-0.990.034