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Characteristics of suicidal emergency room patients before and during the COVID‐19 pandemic in Japan
AIM: Owing to the stress caused by the behavioral restrictions and lifestyle changes during the COVID‐19 pandemic, suicide rates have increased in Japan, especially among young people. This study aimed to identify the differences in the characteristics of patients hospitalized for suicide attempts i...
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2023
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10275286/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37096596 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/npr2.12341 |
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author | Otani, Kyohei Yoshikawa, Ryohei Naitou, Atsumi Fukushima, Haruko Matsuishi, Kunitaka |
author_facet | Otani, Kyohei Yoshikawa, Ryohei Naitou, Atsumi Fukushima, Haruko Matsuishi, Kunitaka |
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description | AIM: Owing to the stress caused by the behavioral restrictions and lifestyle changes during the COVID‐19 pandemic, suicide rates have increased in Japan, especially among young people. This study aimed to identify the differences in the characteristics of patients hospitalized for suicide attempts in the emergency room, requiring inpatient care before and during the pandemic over 2 years. METHODS: This study was a retrospective analysis. Data were collected from the electronic medical records. A descriptive survey was conducted to examine changes in the pattern of suicide attempts during the COVID‐19 outbreak. Two‐sample independent t‐tests, Chi‐square tests, and Fisher's exact test were used for data analysis. RESULTS: Two hundred one patients were included. No significant differences were found in the number of patients hospitalized for suicide attempts, average age, or sex ratio before and during the pandemic periods. Acute drug intoxication and overmedication in patients increased significantly during the pandemic. The self‐inflicted means of injury with high fatality rates were similar during the two periods. The rate of physical complications significantly increased during the pandemic, while the proportion of unemployed individuals significantly decreased. CONCLUSIONS: Despite studies predicting an increase in suicides based on past statistics of young people and of women, no significant changes were observed in this survey of the Hanshin‐Awaji region, including Kobe. This may have been owing to the effect of suicide prevention measures and mental health measures implemented by the Japanese government after an increase in suicides and after past natural disasters. |
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spelling | pubmed-102752862023-06-17 Characteristics of suicidal emergency room patients before and during the COVID‐19 pandemic in Japan Otani, Kyohei Yoshikawa, Ryohei Naitou, Atsumi Fukushima, Haruko Matsuishi, Kunitaka Neuropsychopharmacol Rep Original Articles AIM: Owing to the stress caused by the behavioral restrictions and lifestyle changes during the COVID‐19 pandemic, suicide rates have increased in Japan, especially among young people. This study aimed to identify the differences in the characteristics of patients hospitalized for suicide attempts in the emergency room, requiring inpatient care before and during the pandemic over 2 years. METHODS: This study was a retrospective analysis. Data were collected from the electronic medical records. A descriptive survey was conducted to examine changes in the pattern of suicide attempts during the COVID‐19 outbreak. Two‐sample independent t‐tests, Chi‐square tests, and Fisher's exact test were used for data analysis. RESULTS: Two hundred one patients were included. No significant differences were found in the number of patients hospitalized for suicide attempts, average age, or sex ratio before and during the pandemic periods. Acute drug intoxication and overmedication in patients increased significantly during the pandemic. The self‐inflicted means of injury with high fatality rates were similar during the two periods. The rate of physical complications significantly increased during the pandemic, while the proportion of unemployed individuals significantly decreased. CONCLUSIONS: Despite studies predicting an increase in suicides based on past statistics of young people and of women, no significant changes were observed in this survey of the Hanshin‐Awaji region, including Kobe. This may have been owing to the effect of suicide prevention measures and mental health measures implemented by the Japanese government after an increase in suicides and after past natural disasters. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023-04-25 /pmc/articles/PMC10275286/ /pubmed/37096596 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/npr2.12341 Text en © 2023 The Authors. Neuropsychopharmacology Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of The Japanese Society of Neuropsychopharmacology. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Articles Otani, Kyohei Yoshikawa, Ryohei Naitou, Atsumi Fukushima, Haruko Matsuishi, Kunitaka Characteristics of suicidal emergency room patients before and during the COVID‐19 pandemic in Japan |
title | Characteristics of suicidal emergency room patients before and during the COVID‐19 pandemic in Japan |
title_full | Characteristics of suicidal emergency room patients before and during the COVID‐19 pandemic in Japan |
title_fullStr | Characteristics of suicidal emergency room patients before and during the COVID‐19 pandemic in Japan |
title_full_unstemmed | Characteristics of suicidal emergency room patients before and during the COVID‐19 pandemic in Japan |
title_short | Characteristics of suicidal emergency room patients before and during the COVID‐19 pandemic in Japan |
title_sort | characteristics of suicidal emergency room patients before and during the covid‐19 pandemic in japan |
topic | Original Articles |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10275286/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37096596 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/npr2.12341 |
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