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Characteristics of high intent suicide attempters admitted to a general hospital

UnHope20

March 27, 2022

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Title	Characteristics of high intent suicide attempters admitted to a general hospital
Author	UnHope20
Upvotes	8
Comments	1
Date	March 27, 2022 2:03 PM UTC (4 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/Male_Studies
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[–]UnHope20[S] 3 points4 points5 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

Suicide intent is a strong predictor of repetition of attempts and subsequent suicide. This study aimed to compare socio-demographics, clinical factors and method of attempt in high and low intent suicide attempters.

All patients admitted following attempted suicide to a teaching hospital were interviewed. Socio-demographic information, details of the attempt and psychiatric diagnosis were recorded. Scales for assessing suicide intent, lethality, recent life-events and depression were administered. Comparison between high intent and low intent groups were done to identify the characteristics of patients who had high suicidal intent.

The sample comprised 203 patients, 84 of whom were classified as high intent attempters using the Suicide Intent Scale.

The high intent group were significantly more likely to be male (p = 0.01), of single marital status (p = 0.04), have a psychiatric diagnosis, especially depression (p = 0.001) and use self immolation to attempt suicide (p = 0.001).

Patients with high intent had significantly higher lethality (p = 0.001) and recent stressful life-event scores (p = 0.001).