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Table 5 Adjusted association between psychiatric disorders with suicidal behavior in the Afghan general population in 2017

From: Associations between traumatic event experiences, psychiatric disorders, and suicidal behavior in the general population of Afghanistan: findings from Afghan National Mental Health Survey

Variables

Wish for death

Lifetime suicidal ideation

Lifetime suicidal plan

Lifetime suicidal attempt

Last 12-months suicidal ideation

OR (95% CI)

P-value

OR (95% CI)

P-value

OR (95% CI)

P-value

OR (95% CI)

P-value

OR (95% CI)

P-value

Depression (Ref = No)

       

Yes

5.42 [4.25, 6.91]

0.000

5.36 [3.95, 7.29]

0.000

5.29 [3.53, 7.94]

0.000

5.59 [3.64, 8.60]

0.000

7.48 [4.40, 12.72]

0.000

General anxiety disorder (Ref = No)

      

Yes

3.89 [2.62, 5.77]

0.000

5.38 [3.56, 8.11]

0.000

5.48 [3.38, 8.90]

0.000

5.18 [3.08, 8.70]

0.000

6.61 [3.54, 12.33]

0.000

PTSD (Ref = No)

       

Yes

4.05 [2.96, 5.54]

0.000

5.02 [3.50, 7.22]

0.000

4.51 [2.86, 7.11]

0.000

4.79 [2.95, 7.79]

0.000

7.26 [4.21, 12.51]

0.000

Lifetime psychotic experiences (Ref = No)

       

Yes

2.15 [1.76, 2.63]

0.000

2.84 [2.08, 3.88]

0.000

4.04 [2.65, 6.14]

0.000

4.86 [3.07, 7.70]

0.000

5.64 [3.22, 9.87]

0.000

Smoking risk (Ref = No or low risk)

       

Moderate risk

1.39 [1.09, 1.77]

0.008

1.87 [1.30, 2.69]

0.001

1.57 [0.99, 2.48]

0.053

1.27 [0.76, 2.13]

0.365

1.41 [0.73, 2.73]

0.308

High risk

2.32 [1.40, 3.84]

0.001

2.04 [1.00, 4.16]

0.050

2.92 [1.39, 6.13]

0.005

2.54 [1.06, 6.10]

0.037

4.39 [1.87, 10.32]

0.001

Sedative use (Ref = No or low risk)

       

Moderate risk

1.72 [1.24, 2.38]

0.001

2.50 [1.61, 3.86]

0.000

2.14 [1.25, 3.64]

0.005

2.12 [1.12, 4.01]

0.020

1.69 [0.82, 3.45]

0.153

High risk

2.69 [1.55, 4.68]

0.000

6.11 [3.44, 10.87]

0.000

4.91 [2.55, 9.45]

0.000

4.88 [2.50, 9.51]

0.000

5.60 [2.64, 11.88]

0.000

Any addiction (Ref = No or low risk)

       

Moderate risk

1.50 [1.20, 1.86]

0.000

1.87 [1.35, 2.60]

0.000

1.60 [1.04, 2.45]

0.032

1.41 [0.88, 2.28]

0.155

1.24 [0.66, 2.35]

0.503

High risk

2.42 [1.67, 3.50]

0.000

3.85 [2.43, 6.09]

0.000

4.13 [2.41, 7.07]

0.000

3.92 [2.18, 7.06]

0.000

5.44 [2.80, 10.55]

0.000

  1. Adjusted for sex, age, ethnicity, education, marital status, self-reported economic status, regions and residential area (urban and rural), collective violence (total), caused/witnessed harm (total), interpersonal violence (total), sexual violence (total), accidental injury (total)