Ziapour, Arash and Chirico, Francesco and Nucera, Gabriella and Yoosefi Lebni, Javad (2023) open access Vol 8, No 1 (2023) RESEARCH PAPER Published online: 2023-02-22 View PDF Download PDF file Get Citation Suicide attempts, suicide and their association with socio-demographic variables in Iran: A retrospective, registry-based, cohort study (2016–2021). Disaster and Emergency Medicine Journal.
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Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Suicide is recognized as one of the most significant concerns in healthcare and a serious psychological health issue in many countries throughout the world. Suicide attempts occur in all social sectors and demographics. It is important to know what are the causes for people to try to commit suicide for an effective prevention and control. The aim of this review was to find out the levels and predictors of suicide attempts. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A cross-sectional descriptive-analytical research looked for suicide attempt reported cases at Dr. Moaven Hospital in Sahneh, Iran, during the 2016–2021 period. Data was collected via checklists completed by supervisors during referrals and subsequently analyzed using the SPSS Statistics software tool (version 24). Descriptive statistics and the Chi-square test were used. A significance threshold of 0.05 was used. RESULTS: A total of 1,059 cases of suicide attempts were found. The highest prevalence rate was reported in the group ages 16–25. Males had higher rates of cases (57.4%), which were twice more prevalent in cities and more common in lower-socioeconomic-status families Furthermore, the most common method used (79.5%) was medication intake. There was also a significant association between marital status, job, and suicide-attempt rates (p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: Suicide attempts are among the most important issues in terms of psychosocial healthcare in all countries and communities, and their prevalence rates may be determined by a variety of factors, such as mental health status, family and living conditions, financial problems and unemployment rate. Preventive control of these factors can contribute to reducing the prevalence of these acts.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences > School of Medicine |
| Depositing User: | samira sepahvandy |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Jun 2023 05:22 |
| Last Modified: | 03 Jun 2023 05:22 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lums.ac.ir/id/eprint/4263 |
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