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Table 2 Risk factors of adolescent psychiatric outpatients with and without DSH

From: Deliberate self-harm among adolescent psychiatric outpatients in Singapore: prevalence, nature and risk factors

Factor

N (%)

p-value

With DSH (n = 92)

Without DSH (n = 301)

Female gender

68 (73.9)

125 (41.5)

< 0.001

Depressive disorders

41 (44.6)

65 (21.6)

< 0.001

Anxiety disorders

15 (16.3)

81 (26.9)

0.053

Adjustment disorders

22 (23.9)

82 (27.2)

0.618

Eating disorders

0 (0)

11 (3.7)

0.134

Neurodevelopmental disorders

1 (1.1)

19 (6.3)

0.085

Psychotic disorders

0 (0)

7 (2.3)

0.305

Conduct disorders

2 (2.2)

6 (2.0)

1.000

Substance disorders

1 (1.1)

1 (0.3)

0.958

Alcohol use

38 (41.3)

50 (16.6)

< 0.001

Smoking

31 (33.7)

44 (14.6)

< 0.001

Family history of psychiatric illness

30 (32.6)

109 (36.2)

0.614

Married parents

68 (73.9)

237 (78.7)

0.407

Living with both biological parents

66 (71.7)

229 (76.1)

0.481

Past abuse

11 (12.0)

15 (5.0)

0.029

Forensic history

8 (8.7)

10 (3.3)

0.061