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Table 2 Thought of suicidal ideation, reasons, suicide in the surrounding, someone for help, and K6 (n = 1844)

From: Sociodemographic and environmental characteristics associated with thoughts of death and suicidal ideation in community-dwelling residents of a rural town in Japan: analyses from a perspective of accompanying problems

 

Overall

Missing

Men

Women

Missing

p

n

%

n

%

n

%

Thought of death during past one month

  

17

    

67

0.002

 No

1653

90.5

 

748

92.9

860

88.5

  

 Yes

174

9.5

 

57

7.1

112

11.5

  

Suicidal ideation during past one month

  

22

    

70

0.137

 No

1672

91.8

 

751

92.8

877

90.9

  

 Yes

150

8.2

 

58

7.2

88

9.1

  

Thought of death and Suicidal ideation (i.e., suicidal ideation)

0

    

51

0.004

 No

1626

88.2

 

736

90.6

846

86.2

  

 Yes

218

11.8

 

76

9.4

135

13.8

  

Accompanied reasons for suicidal ideation

 Human relation

104/218

48

 

34

-

66

-

51

0.020

 Health problems

112/218

51

 

39

-

72

-

51

0.027

 Financial problem

72/218

33

 

32

-

39

-

51

0.970

Suside in the surroudings

  

74

    

119

0.834

 Absence

522

29.5

 

228

29.1

278

29.5

  

 Presence

1248

70.5

 

556

70.9

663

70.5

  

  Who is the person?

   Family / Relatives

509

40.8

 

208

25.6

285

29.1

51

0.105

   Friends / Acquaintance

556

44.6

 

288

35.5

260

26.5

51

< .001

   Other

339

27.2

 

131

16.1

199

20.3

51

0.026

 Someone for help

  

0

    

51

< .001

 Presence

1709

92.7

 

726

89.4

933

95.1

  

 Absence

135

7.3

 

86

10.6

48

4.9

  

Someone within the family for help

  

0

    

51

0.003

 Presence

1252

67.9

 

583

71.8

639

65.1

  

 Absence

592

32.1

 

229

28.2

342

34.9

  

Someone outside of the family who can help

  

0

    

51

< .001

 Presence

1041

56.5

 

372

45.8

651

66.4

  

 Absence

803

43.6

 

440

54.2

330

33.6

  

K6 contineous

 mean, sd

5.0

4.6

173

4.6

4.6

5.4

4.6

210

< .001

K6 category

  

173

    

210

0.013

 ≥ 9

346

20.7

 

137

18.2

198

22.5

  

 8 ≥ 

1325

79.3

 

618

81.9

681

77.5

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