Controlling Noncommunicable Diseases in Transitional Economies: Mental Illness in Suicide Attempters in Singapore—An Exploratory Analysis

Table 3

Logistic regression predicting likelihood of attempters with diagnosis of mental illness.

Predictors	B	S.E.	Wald	df	p	Odds Ratio	95.0% CI for Odds Ratio
							Lower	Upper
Risk Factors
(1) Lack of confidantes	.38	.28	1.81	1	.18	1.45	.84	2.51
(2) Living alone	.40	.38	1.13	1	.29	1.49	.71	3.13
(3) Unemployment	.89	.31	8.30	1	.00	2.43	1.33	4.44
(4) Serious financial problems	-.29	.35	.71	1	.40	.75	.38	1.48
(5) Serious physical illness	.20	.56	.13	1	.72	1.22	.41	3.69
(6) Mental illness/suicide in family	1.01	.35	8.45	1	.00	2.75	1.39	5.42
(7) Alcohol/drug abuse	.61	.31	3.95	1	.05	1.84	1.00	3.35
(8) Ongoing interpersonal conflict	-.12	.25	.24	1	.63	.89	.54	1.44
(9) Habitual poor coping	.79	.26	9.07	1	.00	2.20	1.32	3.69
Protective Factors
(1) Has dependents	-.14	.26	.29	1	.59	.87	.53	1.44
(2) Emotional support	-.26	.31	.71	1	.40	.77	.42	1.42
(3) Willing to seek help	.83	.30	7.52	1	.01	2.28	1.27	4.12
(4) Resolution of precipitant	-.34	.27	1.68	1	.20	.71	.42	1.19
(5) Religion	.16	.26	.37	1	.54	1.18	.70	1.97
(6) Expressed regret	-.17	.34	.25	1	.62	.84	.44	1.64
(7) Positive future planning	-.80	.29	7.57	1	.01	.45	.25	.79
Features of the Attempt
(1) Prior planning	-.15	.40	.16	1	.69	.86	.40	1.84
(2) Attempt to hide	-.34	.28	1.52	1	.22	.71	.41	1.22
(3) Place of act			1.87	5	.87
Home vs. workplace	.56	.83	.46	1	.50	1.75	.35	8.91
Home vs. public place	-.11	.41	.08	1	.78	.89	.40	2.01
Home vs. friend’s house	.06	.82	.01	1	.95	1.06	.21	5.26
Home vs. public building	.25	1.27	.04	1	.85	1.28	.11	15.49
Home vs. others	-.75	.66	1.28	1	.26	.47	.13	1.73
Constant	-1.36	.48	7.89	1	.01	.26

Note. Significant predictors are underlined. The p value for alcohol/drug abuse was rounded up from .047 to .05.