Risk Assessment of Repeated Suicide Attempts Among Youth in Saudi Arabia

Figures & data

Table 1 Characteristics of Patients with Attempted Suicide (N=157)

Characteristics	Levels	n	%
Female	No	37	23.6
	Yes	120	76.4
Married	No	26	16.7
	Yes	130	83.3
Family problems	No	77	49.0
	Yes	80	51.0
Work or school problems	No	142	90.4
	Yes	15	9.6
Hospital admission	No	143	91.1
	Yes	14	8.9
Family history of suicide	No	151	96.2
	Yes	6	3.8
Substance abuse	No	147	93.6
	Yes	10	6.4
Physical or sexual abuse	No	139	88.5
	Yes	18	11.5
Psychiatric disorder	No	110	70.1
	Yes	47	29.9
Methods of self-harm	Violent	10	6.4
	Self‐poisoning	147	93.6
Chronic disease	No	136	86.6
	Yes	21	13.4
Repeat suicide attempt	No	116	73.9
	Yes	41	26.1

Table 2 Bivariate Analysis: Factors Associated with Increased Risk of Repeat Suicide Attempts (N=157)

						95% CI
Factor	B	SE	z	P	OR	LCL	UCL
Age	0.098	0.051	1.920	0.055	1.103	0.998	1.220
Female	0.123	0.435	0.280	0.777	1.131	0.482	2.655
Single	−0.691	0.453	−1.530	0.127	0.501	0.206	1.216
Family problems	0.975	0.384	2.540	0.011*	2.651	1.249	5.627
Work or school problems	0.387	0.581	0.670	0.505	1.472	0.472	4.595
Hospital admission	1.832	0.593	3.090	0.002*	6.244	1.954	19.953
Family history of suicide	0.362	0.886	0.410	0.683	1.436	0.253	8.149
Substance abuse	0.206	0.715	0.290	0.773	1.229	0.303	4.995
Physical or sexual abuse	0.944	0.515	1.830	0.067	2.570	0.937	7.044
Psychiatric disorder	1.439	0.386	3.730	0.001*	4.215	1.978	8.983
Methods of self-harm - Self-poisoning	−0.684	0.673	−1.020	0.309	0.505	0.135	1.887
Chronic disease	−0.141	0.548	−0.260	0.796	0.868	0.297	2.541

Note: *Significant at α = 0.05.

Table 3 Stepwise Analysis: Independent Factors Associated with Increased Risk of Repeat Suicide Attempt (N=157)

						95% CI
	B	SE	Z	P	aOR	LCL	UCL
Age	0.137	0.063	2.190	0.028*	1.147	1.015	1.297
Hospital admission	1.638	0.656	2.500	0.013*	5.143	1.421	18.610
Family problems	1.439	0.467	3.080	0.002*	4.218	1.690	10.528
Psychiatric disorder	1.252	0.426	2.940	0.003*	3.497	1.519	8.051
Constant	−5.001	1.318	−3.800	0.001*	0.007	0.001	0.089

Note: *Significant at α = 0.05.

Figure 1 The risk prediction model achieved high accuracy (AUC 77.9%, 95% CI: 69.486.3%) compared to the accuracy of the individual factors.