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Table 2 Participant characteristics and demographic data

From: Prevalence and characteristics of suicidal ideation among 2199 elderly inpatients with surgical or medical conditions in Taiwan

Variables

 

Minimum

Maximum

Mean

S.D.

Age (years)

–

65

101

76.4

7.4

Sex (n, %)

Male

–

–

1218

55.4

Marital status (n, %)

unmarried

–

–

1038

47.2

Education (n, %)

Uneducated

–

–

849

38.6

Primary school

–

–

374

17.0

Junior high school

–

–

688

31.3

Senior high school or above

–

–

288

13.1

Living alone (n, %)

Alone

–

–

425

19.3

Economic status

Poor

–

–

341

15.5

(n, %)

Fair

–

–

1671

76.0

Good

–

–

187

8.5

Perception of health status (n, %)

Poor

–

–

1281

58.3

Suicide ideation (n, %)

 

–

–

68

3.1

BSRS

Total scores

0

17

3.7

3.0

BSRS total score > 5 (n, %)

 

–

–

557

25.3

Quality of life subdomains

Total scores

26.4

77.4

52.4

7.3

Physical health

5.1

19.4

12.5

2.5

Social relationship

6.0

20.0

13.5

2.2

Environmental

5.8

19.1

13.7

1.9

Psychological

6.0

19.3

12.9

2.3

MMSE

Total scores

0

30

21.1

6.2

Impaired cognition (n, %)

 

–

–

850

38.7

  1. Non-living alone: living with people including spouse, children, relatives, friends
  2. Unmarried: current marital status including single, divorced, windowed
  3. BSRS Brief Symptom Rating Scale
  4. MMSE Mini-Mental State Examination