Description of the sample's sociodemographic and clinical data.

Table 1: Description of the sample's sociodemographic and clinical data.

	n (%)	Test statistic	p
Gender
Female	119 (55.3)	11.12^**	0.02^***
Male	96 (44.7)	11.12^**	0.02^***
Age
50-60 years	76 (35.3)	3.17^*	0.52ns
61-70 years	91 (42.3)
71-80 years	28 (13.0)
81-90 years	13 (6.1)
91 years and over	7 (3.3)
Marital status
Single	46 (21.2)	1.16^**	0.97ns
Married	58 (27.1)
Separated/divorced	44 (20.5)
Widowed	67 (31.2)
Methods of injury or attempt
Single active method	105 (48.8)	2.12^**	0.74ns
Mixed active method	110 (51.2)	2.12^**	0.74ns
Pre-existing conditions
Depression	47 (16.5)	7.22^**	0.09ns
Anxiety	36 (17.6)
Psychotic disorders	28 (7.7)
Personality disorders	23 (13.4)
Physical disorders	49 (11.0)
No previous diagnosis	32 (18.3)
Post-attempt health care action
Discharge	114 (53)	1.3^**	0.36ns
Admission	101 (47)	1.3^**	0.36ns
TOTAL	215

Example of single active method = poisoning; example of mixed active method = poisoning + cutting on dolls^* ANOVA statistic(F); ^**χ² statistic; ^***p < 0.05; ^****p < 0.01; ^ns = not significant.