Individual and cumulative effects of a history of child abuse and career-related trauma on lifetime suicidal behaviours
| Abuse/trauma category*† | Suicidal ideation | Suicide plans | Suicide attempt(s) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. (%) of respondents | Adjusted OR‡ (95% CI) | No. (%) of respondents | Adjusted OR‡ (95% CI) | No. (%) of respondents | Adjusted OR‡ (95% CI) | |
| No child abuse/career-related trauma | 16 (12.7) | 1.00 | NP | 1.00 | NP | 1.00 |
| Child abuse only | 31 (31.6) | 3.33§ (1.6–6.8) | 16 (16.5) | 5.89§ (1.9–18.5) | NP | 3.98§ (1.0–15.5) |
| Career-related trauma only | 322 (20.8) | 1.84¶ (1.0–3.3) | 136 (8.9) | 3.00¶ (1.1–8.4) | 40 (2.6) | 1.51¶ (0.4–5.1) |
| Child abuse and career-related trauma | 718 (35.8) | 3.97§ (2.3–7.0) | 367 (18.6) | 7.12§ (2.6–19.7) | 127 (6.4) | 3.80§ (1.2–12.5) |
Note: CI = confidence interval, NP = not presented because of insufficient sample size (i.e., n < 10), OR = odds ratio.
↵* Mutually exclusive categories.
↵† Logistic regression was used to test for statistically significant differences between the 4-level child abuse/career-related trauma variable. Symbols indicate significant differences between categories at p < 0.05.
↵‡ Adjusted for sex, age, marital status, region of residence, ethnicity, education, years of service and public safety personnel category.
↵§ The relation between child abuse only and suicidal behaviours was not significantly different from the relation between both child abuse and career-related trauma and suicidal behaviours.
↵¶ The relation between career-related trauma only and suicidal behaviours was significantly different from the relation between child abuse only and suicidal behavours and both child abuse and career-related trauma and suicidal behaviours.