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Recent GP consultation before death by suicide in middle-aged males: a national consecutive case series study

BACKGROUND: Reducing suicide risk in middle-aged males (40–54 years) is a national priority. People have often presented to their GP within 3 months before suicide thus highlighting an opportunity for early intervention. AIM: To describe the sociodemographic characteristics and identify antecedents...

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Autores principales: Mughal, Faraz, Bojanić, Lana, Rodway, Cathryn, Graney, Jane, Ibrahim, Saied, Quinlivan, Leah, Steeg, Sarah, Tham, Su-Gwan, Turnbull, Pauline, Appleby, Louis, Webb, Roger T, Kapur, Nav
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Publicado: Royal College of General Practitioners 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10170520/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37130612
http://dx.doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2022.0589
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author Mughal, Faraz
Bojanić, Lana
Rodway, Cathryn
Graney, Jane
Ibrahim, Saied
Quinlivan, Leah
Steeg, Sarah
Tham, Su-Gwan
Turnbull, Pauline
Appleby, Louis
Webb, Roger T
Kapur, Nav
author_facet Mughal, Faraz
Bojanić, Lana
Rodway, Cathryn
Graney, Jane
Ibrahim, Saied
Quinlivan, Leah
Steeg, Sarah
Tham, Su-Gwan
Turnbull, Pauline
Appleby, Louis
Webb, Roger T
Kapur, Nav
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description BACKGROUND: Reducing suicide risk in middle-aged males (40–54 years) is a national priority. People have often presented to their GP within 3 months before suicide thus highlighting an opportunity for early intervention. AIM: To describe the sociodemographic characteristics and identify antecedents in middle-aged males who recently consulted a GP before dying by suicide. DESIGN AND SETTING: This study was a descriptive examination of suicide in a national consecutive sample of middle-aged males in 2017 in England, Scotland, and Wales. METHOD: General population mortality data were obtained from the Office for National Statistics and National Records of Scotland. Information was collected about antecedents considered relevant to suicide from data sources. Logistic regression examined associations with final recent GP consultation. Males with lived experience were consulted during the study. RESULTS: In 2017, a quarter (n = 1516) of all suicide deaths were in middle-aged males. Data were attained on 242 males: 43% had their last GP consultation within 3 months of suicide; and a third of these males were unemployed and nearly half were living alone. Males who saw a GP recently before suicide were more likely to have had recent self-harm and work-related problems than males who had not. Having a current major physical illness, recent self-harm, presenting with a mental health problem, and recent work-related issues were associated with having a last GP consultation close to suicide. CONCLUSION: Clinical factors were identified that GPs should be alert to when assessing middle-aged males. Personalised holistic management may have a role in preventing suicide in these individuals.
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spelling pubmed-101705202023-05-11 Recent GP consultation before death by suicide in middle-aged males: a national consecutive case series study Mughal, Faraz Bojanić, Lana Rodway, Cathryn Graney, Jane Ibrahim, Saied Quinlivan, Leah Steeg, Sarah Tham, Su-Gwan Turnbull, Pauline Appleby, Louis Webb, Roger T Kapur, Nav Br J Gen Pract Research BACKGROUND: Reducing suicide risk in middle-aged males (40–54 years) is a national priority. People have often presented to their GP within 3 months before suicide thus highlighting an opportunity for early intervention. AIM: To describe the sociodemographic characteristics and identify antecedents in middle-aged males who recently consulted a GP before dying by suicide. DESIGN AND SETTING: This study was a descriptive examination of suicide in a national consecutive sample of middle-aged males in 2017 in England, Scotland, and Wales. METHOD: General population mortality data were obtained from the Office for National Statistics and National Records of Scotland. Information was collected about antecedents considered relevant to suicide from data sources. Logistic regression examined associations with final recent GP consultation. Males with lived experience were consulted during the study. RESULTS: In 2017, a quarter (n = 1516) of all suicide deaths were in middle-aged males. Data were attained on 242 males: 43% had their last GP consultation within 3 months of suicide; and a third of these males were unemployed and nearly half were living alone. Males who saw a GP recently before suicide were more likely to have had recent self-harm and work-related problems than males who had not. Having a current major physical illness, recent self-harm, presenting with a mental health problem, and recent work-related issues were associated with having a last GP consultation close to suicide. CONCLUSION: Clinical factors were identified that GPs should be alert to when assessing middle-aged males. Personalised holistic management may have a role in preventing suicide in these individuals. Royal College of General Practitioners 2023-05-03 /pmc/articles/PMC10170520/ /pubmed/37130612 http://dx.doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2022.0589 Text en © The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This article is Open Access: CC BY 4.0 licence (http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) ).
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Mughal, Faraz
Bojanić, Lana
Rodway, Cathryn
Graney, Jane
Ibrahim, Saied
Quinlivan, Leah
Steeg, Sarah
Tham, Su-Gwan
Turnbull, Pauline
Appleby, Louis
Webb, Roger T
Kapur, Nav
Recent GP consultation before death by suicide in middle-aged males: a national consecutive case series study
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title_fullStr Recent GP consultation before death by suicide in middle-aged males: a national consecutive case series study
title_full_unstemmed Recent GP consultation before death by suicide in middle-aged males: a national consecutive case series study
title_short Recent GP consultation before death by suicide in middle-aged males: a national consecutive case series study
title_sort recent gp consultation before death by suicide in middle-aged males: a national consecutive case series study
topic Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10170520/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37130612
http://dx.doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2022.0589
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