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Table 2 Psychosocial risk factors for suicide

From: Youth experiencing homelessness at risk for suicide: psychosocial risk factors and service use patterns

Total

Low risk

Moderate risk

High risk

Overall

126 (65.3%)

32 (16.6%)

35 (18.1%)

193 (100%)

Psychiatric Comorbidity

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Any Psychiatric Disorder Diagnosis, n (%)

67 (53.2%)

18 (56.3%)

26 (74.3%)*

111 (57.5%)

Schizophrenia, n (%)

3 (2.4%)

3 (9.4%)

5 (14.3%)

11 (5.7%)

Major Depressive Disorder, n (%)

35 (27.8%)

11 (34.4%)

19 (54.3%)

65 (33.7%)

Bipolar Disorder, n (%)

20 (15.9%)

7 (21.9%)

15 (42.9%)

42 (21.8%)

Personality Disorder, n (%)

11 (8.7%)

5 (15.6%)

9 (25.7%)

25 (13%)

Generalized Anxiety Disorder, n (%)

30 (23.8%)

7 (21.9%)

15 (42.9%)

52 (26.9%)

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, n (%)

19 (15.1%)

6 (18.8%)

13 (37.1%)

38 (19.7%)

Beck Depression Inventory Score

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Mean (sd)

11.3 (10.1)

22.9 (11.7)***

28.2 (12.8)***

16.3 (12.9)

0–9, n (%)

68 (54%)

5 (15.6%)

4 (11.4%)

77 (39.9%)

10–18, n (%)

25 (19.8%)

5 (15.6%)

5 (14.3%)

35 (18.1%)

19–29, n (%)

24 (19.1%)

14 (43.8%)

9 (25.7%)

47 (24.4%)

30–63, n (%)

7 (5.6%)

8 (25%)

16 (45.7%)

31 (16.1%)

Missing

2 (1.6%)

0 (0%)

1 (2.9%)

3 (1.6%)

Percent Days with Substance Use

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Any Substance use, mean (sd)

45 (43.8)

54 (42.1)

40.9 (38.1)

45.7 (42.5)

Alcohol Use, mean (sd)

5.5 (15.1)

4.4 (8.4)

10.9 (28.0)

6.3 (17.4)

Cannabis Use, mean (sd)

43.5 (44.4)

50.8 (44.3)

31.8 (34.4)

42.6 (42.9)

Opioids Use, mean (sd)

0.1 (0.3)

1.1 (6.3)

1.1 (5.1)

0.4 (3.4)

Uppers Use, mean (sd)

0.1 (0.5)

0.1 (0.8)

5.1 (19.2)

1.0 (8.3)

Age at First Use

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Alcohol/Cannabis/Opiods/Uppers, mean (sd)

15.7 (3.2)

15.3 (3.5)

15.5 (4.0)

15.6 (3.4)

PROMIS Sleep Impairment

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Within Normal Limits, n (%)

76 (60.3%)

10 (31.3%)**

8 (22.9%)***

94 (48.7%)

Mild, n (%)

17 (13.5%)

3 (9.4%)

2 (5.7%)

22 (11.4%)

Moderate, n (%)

22 (17.5%)

11 (34.4%)

14 (40%)

47 (24.4%)

Severe, n (%)

11 (8.7%)

8 (25%)

10 (28.6%)

29 (15%)

Missing, n (%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1 (2.9%)

1 (0.5%)

  1. Note Psychosocial risk factors are compared for high-risk and moderate-risk to low-risk, using Chi-Squared tests for categorical measures, and Wilcoxon rank-sum for continuous measures; *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p &±ô³Ù; 0.001