Suicidality and Its Relation with Physical and Mental Conditions: Results from a Cross-Sectional Study of the Nationwide Primary Care Population Sample in Latvia
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Design
2.2. Assessment
2.3. Participants
2.4. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
Characteristics of the Sample
4. Discussion
5. Limitations
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Variable a Values are Given as n (%) or Median (IQR) | Current Suicidality | |||
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Yes, n = 276; 18.6% | No, n = 1209; 81.4% | p | ||
Age | 18–34 | 42 (15.2) | 169 (14.0) | 0.74 |
35–49 | 79 (28.6) | 382 (31.6) | ||
50–64 | 65 (23.6) | 289 (23.9) | ||
65+ | 90 (32.6) | 367 (30.4) | ||
Sex | Male | 62 (22.5) | 391 (32.4) | 0.001 |
Female | 214 (77.5) | 816 (67.6) | ||
Education | Higher and unfinished higher education | 72 (26.7) | 370 (30.7) | <0.001 |
General or vocational secondary and unfinished secondary | 144 (53.3) | 703 (58.3) | ||
9-year basic, unfinished basic | 54 (20.0) | 132 (11.0) | ||
Employment status | Employed | 113 (41.7) | 673 (55.9) | <0.001 |
Unemployed | 19 (7.0) | 65 (5.4) | ||
Economically inactive | 139 (51.3) | 467 (38.8) | ||
Marital status | Married, cohabiting | 136 (50.2) | 770 (63.9) | <0.001 |
Single | 97 (35.8) | 106 (8.8) | ||
Live separately, divorced, widowed | 38 (14.0) | 329 (27.3) | ||
Place of residence | Capital (Riga) | 61 (22.1) | 248 (20.5) | 0.03 |
Other city | 145 (52.5) | 556 (46.1) | ||
Rural | 70 (25.4) | 403 (33.4) | ||
Ethnicity | Latvian | 169 (62.6) | 750 (62.2) | 0.85 |
Russian | 82 (30.4) | 380 (31.5) | ||
Other | 19 (7.0) | 75 (6.2) | ||
Diagnosis | Current any mental disorders | 271 (100.0) | 275 (23.0) | <0.001 |
Current Depressive episode | 97 (35.1) | 54 (4.5) | <0.001 | |
Current Recurrent depressive disorder | 130 (47.1) | 129 (10.7) | <0.001 | |
Current anxiety disorders | 92 (33.3) | 143 (11.8) | <0.001 | |
Current any alcohol use disorder | 25 (9.1) | 45 (3.7) | <0.001 | |
Current Alcohol dependence | 18 (6.5) | 31 (2.6) | 0.02 | |
Current Alcohol abuse | 7 (2.5) | 14 (1.2) | 0.09 | |
Alcohol use, episodes of heavy drinking in last year (5 or more doses of alcohol at once) | Every day/nearly every day | 0 (0) | 1 (0.1) | 0.25 |
3–4 times a week | 1 (0.4) | 2 (0.2) | ||
1–2 times a week | 3 (1.1) | 14 (1.2) | ||
1–3 times a month | 12 (4.4) | 42 (3.5) | ||
Less often | 20 (7.4) | 141 (11.7) | ||
Never during the past year | 235 (86.7) | 1006 (83.4) | ||
Body mass index (kg/m2) | 26.8 (23.2–32.1) | 27.8 (24.4–32.0) | 0.52 | |
Medical reason to GP’s visit | Cardiovascular disease | 102 (37.6) | 426 (35.3) | 0.48 |
Diabetes | 15 (5.5) | 50 (4.1) | 0.33 | |
Lung disease | 13 (4.8) | 43 (3.6) | 0.38 | |
Gastrointestinal disease | 14 (5.2) | 51 (4.2) | 0.51 | |
Arthritis | 7 (2.6) | 40 (3.3) | 0.53 | |
Endocrine disease | 5 (1.8) | 28 (2.3) | 0.67 | |
Oncology | 24 (8.9) | 103 (8.5) | 0.91 | |
Other b | 224 (82.7) | 992 (82.3) | 0.88 |
Variable | Current Suicidality | ||
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OR | 95% Cl | p | |
Any current mental disorders | 3.16 | 0.19–52.58 | 0.42 |
Current depression 1 | 9.13 | 3.01–27.68 | <0.001 |
Any current anxiety disorders | 5.82 | 2.24–15.10 | <0.001 |
Any current alcohol use disorders | 6.51 | 2.16–19.60 | 0.001 |
Physical conditions only 2 | 1.03 | 0.68–1.55 | 0.89 |
Multimorbidity 3 | 10.80 | 1.91–61.03 | 0.007 |
Neither physical nor mental condition | 1 |
Medical Reason for General Partitions’ Visit | ||||||||
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Current Mental Disorders | Cardiovascular Disease | Diabetes | Lung Disease | Gastrointestinal Disease | Arthritis | Endocrine Disease | Oncology | Other |
Depression 2 | 0.68 | 0.77 | 0.82 | 0.002 3 | 0.33 | 0.96 | 0.77 | 0.21 |
Any anxiety | 0.40 | 0.06 | 0.14 | 0.20 | 0.86 | 0.71 | 0.50 | 0.49 |
Any alcohol used | 0.66 | 0.99 | 0.79 | - 1 | 0.99 | 0.99 | 0.35 | 0.72 |
Depression and any anxiety | 0.62 | 0.24 | 0.09 | 0.002 4 | 0.81 | 0.99 | 0.92 | 0.13 |
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Renemane, L.; Kivite-Urtane, A.; Rancans, E. Suicidality and Its Relation with Physical and Mental Conditions: Results from a Cross-Sectional Study of the Nationwide Primary Care Population Sample in Latvia. Medicina 2021, 57, 970. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina57090970
Renemane L, Kivite-Urtane A, Rancans E. Suicidality and Its Relation with Physical and Mental Conditions: Results from a Cross-Sectional Study of the Nationwide Primary Care Population Sample in Latvia. Medicina. 2021; 57(9):970. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina57090970
Chicago/Turabian StyleRenemane, Lubova, Anda Kivite-Urtane, and Elmars Rancans. 2021. "Suicidality and Its Relation with Physical and Mental Conditions: Results from a Cross-Sectional Study of the Nationwide Primary Care Population Sample in Latvia" Medicina 57, no. 9: 970. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina57090970