Relationship between Personality Profiles and Suicide Attempt via Medicine Poisoning among Hospitalized Patients: A Case-Control Study

Table 1

-test result of personality profile comparing SDOP and control groups and the prevalence of personality problems.

MCMI-III scales	control	SDOP	-value	control	SDOP
	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)		(%)	(%)
Personality clinical scales
Schizoid	7.19 (4.25)	11.12 (4.79)	4.89^**	1 (1.5)	1 (1.7)
Avoidant	4.96 (3.59)	10.32 (5.75)	6.38^**	0	9 (15.3)
Depressive	6.37 (5.11)	12.78 (6.13)	6.42^**	5 (7.4)	24 (40.7)
Dependent	7.87 (3.47)	12.14 (4.75)	5.82^**	1 (1.5)	13 (22)
Histrionic	9.41 (4.13)	11.90 (4.08)	3.39^*	5 (7.4)	19 (32.2)
Narcissistic	13.44 (3.36)	12.78 (5.04)	0.88	2 (2.9)	4 (6.8)
Antisocial	6.22 (3.83)	9.07 (3.79)	4.19^**	0	1 (1.7)
Sadistic	7.21 (4.28)	11.29 (5.08)	4.91^**	0	1 (1.7)
Compulsive	14.82 (3.32)	14.73 (3.83)	0.15	5 (7.4)	4 (6.8)
Negativistic	8.04 (4.90)	14.05 (5.50)	6.50^**	2 (2.9)	7 (11.9)
Masochistic	5.38 (3.18)	9.25 (4.14)	5.94^**	0	0
Severe personality pathology scales
Schizotypal	4.07 (3.98)	9.10 (6.18)	5.51^**	0	2 (3.4)
Borderline	5.50 (3.48)	11.14 (5.08)	7.36^**	0	2 (3.4)
Paranoid	7.04 (4.21)	11.68 (5.15)	5.56^**	0	2 (3.4)
Clinical syndrome scales
Anxiety	3.19 (2.92)	8.83 (5.56)	7.27^**	0	14 (23.7)
Somatoform	2.74 (3.13)	7.93 (4.72)	7.39^**	0	2 (3.4)
Bipolar	3.43 (2.91)	6.86 (3.62)	5.92^**	0	1 (1.7)
Dysthymia	4.31 (4.36)	10.78 (5.85)	7.11^**	3 (4.4)	10 (16.9)
Alcohol dependence	3.40 (2.00)	5.02 (2.46)	4.09^**	0	0
Drug dependence	3.49 (2.38)	4.71 (2.63)	2.75^*	0	1 (1.7)
Posttraumatic stress disorder	3.15 (3.40)	8.93 (5.69)	7.04^**	1 (1.5)	2 (3.4)
Severe clinical syndrome scales
Thought disorder	4.82 (3.76)	10.15 (5.87)	6.16^**	1 (1.5)	11 (18.6)
Major depression	4 (4.44)	11.73 (6.61)	7.81^**	0	14 (23.7)
Delusional disorder	3.04 (2.70)	6.14 (4.17)	5.01^**	0	3 (5.1)

df = 125, < 0.01, < 0.001, suicidal drug overdose patients (SDOP).