Table 1

Distribution of suicide probability scale, brief symptom inventory and ways of coping with stress inventory total and subscale scores.

Variablesmean±SDMin-Max
Suicide probability scale
 Total score66.54±11.6437 – 114
 Hopelessness22.12±5.4912 – 45
 Suicidal ideation10.70±3.558 – 31
 Negative self-evaluation22.77±5.149 – 34
 Hostility10.93±3.497 – 27
Brief symptom inventory
 Total score40.66±29.320–212
 Anxiety8.82±7.630 – 41
 Depression10.66±7.880 – 44
 Negative self7.73±7.230 – 46
 Somatization7.08±5.340 – 25
 Hostility6.35±4.930 – 26
Ways of coping with stress inventory
 Self-confident approach13.55±3.820 – 21
 Optimistic approach9.21±2.840 – 15
 Helpless approach10.27±4.170 – 23
 Submissive approach7.75±2.650 – 15
 Social support seeking approach7.11±2.220 – 12
Suicide probability scale groupsn (%)
 0–24 no risk0(0.0)
 25–49 mild risk23(4.9)
 50–74 medium risk351(74.7)
 75–100 high risk96(20.4)