Suicide Behavior and Its Predictors in Patients with Schizophrenia in Ethiopia

Table 3

Suicide behavior among patients with schizophrenia at AMSH, 2019 .

S.no	Items	Category	Frequency	Percentage
1	Life time suicidal ideation, intent, and/or attempts	Never	172	57.3
		Suicidal ideation	51	17.0
		Suicide plan	24	8.0
		Suicide attempts	53	17.7
		Over all lifetime suicide ideation/attempt	128	42.6
2	Frequency of suicidal ideation in the past one year	Never	213	71.0
		Rarely (1 time)	53	17.7
		Sometimes (2 times)	25	8.3
		Often (3-4 times)	6	2.0
		Very often (5 or more times)	3	1.0
		One year all suicidal ideation	87	29.0
3	Threat of suicidal attempt	Never	276	92.0
		Once	18	6.0
		Two or more	6	2.0
4	Likelihood of suicide behavior in the future	Never	173	57.7
		No chance at all	14	4.7
		Rather unlikely	23	7.7
		Unlikely	16	5.3
		Likely	45	15.0
		Rather likely	22	7.3
		Very likely	7	2.3
Overall prevalence of suicide behavior		Yes	91	30.3
		No	209	69.7