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Suicide Trends in Jordan in Correlation With the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Forensic Medicine Perspective

Background This study aimed to examine the suicide trends among Jordanians who died by suicide before and during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and assess their correlation with demographic data, including gender, age, marital status, and the method used for suicide, from a forensi...

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Autores principales: Al-Sabaileh, Shrouq, Abusamak, Mohammad, Jaber, Hatim, Al-Buqour, Ali, AL-Salamat, Husam Ahmad, Sabayleh, Radwan Shaher, Hatamleh, Hamzeh, Deameh, Mohammad Ghassab, Al-Amer, Rasmieh M
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Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10461217/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37644940
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.42636
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author Al-Sabaileh, Shrouq
Abusamak, Mohammad
Jaber, Hatim
Al-Buqour, Ali
AL-Salamat, Husam Ahmad
Sabayleh, Radwan Shaher
Hatamleh, Hamzeh
Deameh, Mohammad Ghassab
Al-Amer, Rasmieh M
author_facet Al-Sabaileh, Shrouq
Abusamak, Mohammad
Jaber, Hatim
Al-Buqour, Ali
AL-Salamat, Husam Ahmad
Sabayleh, Radwan Shaher
Hatamleh, Hamzeh
Deameh, Mohammad Ghassab
Al-Amer, Rasmieh M
author_sort Al-Sabaileh, Shrouq
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description Background This study aimed to examine the suicide trends among Jordanians who died by suicide before and during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and assess their correlation with demographic data, including gender, age, marital status, and the method used for suicide, from a forensic medicine perspective. Methodology This was a retrospective, observational, autopsy-based study. Of the 731 medicolegal autopsies performed at the Al-Hussein New Hospital at Al Salt City between 2017 and 2022, 41 confirmed cases of suicide were identified. Results The study indicated that 75% of the subjects committed suicide during the COVID-19 pandemic period, of whom 13% were children. The average age of those who died by suicide was 32.1 (SD = 12.2) years. Overall, 58.5% were single, 61.0% unemployed, and 53.7% had a mental illness. Males were four times more likely to commit suicide than females. Hanging represented 60.61% of all male suicides, followed by firearms (27.27%); however, females used poisoning. Around 60% and 25% of the study subjects were in the age group of 21-40 years and 41 and more, respectively. The study also identified a statistically significant association between gender, age, and the time of suicide (during COVID-19). The findings of this study could not confirm any association between suicide and mental illness, marital status, and employment status. Conclusions The suicide rate in Jordan increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, and it is alarming that most of those who committed suicide were at a young age and in their productive years.
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spelling pubmed-104612172023-08-29 Suicide Trends in Jordan in Correlation With the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Forensic Medicine Perspective Al-Sabaileh, Shrouq Abusamak, Mohammad Jaber, Hatim Al-Buqour, Ali AL-Salamat, Husam Ahmad Sabayleh, Radwan Shaher Hatamleh, Hamzeh Deameh, Mohammad Ghassab Al-Amer, Rasmieh M Cureus Psychology Background This study aimed to examine the suicide trends among Jordanians who died by suicide before and during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and assess their correlation with demographic data, including gender, age, marital status, and the method used for suicide, from a forensic medicine perspective. Methodology This was a retrospective, observational, autopsy-based study. Of the 731 medicolegal autopsies performed at the Al-Hussein New Hospital at Al Salt City between 2017 and 2022, 41 confirmed cases of suicide were identified. Results The study indicated that 75% of the subjects committed suicide during the COVID-19 pandemic period, of whom 13% were children. The average age of those who died by suicide was 32.1 (SD = 12.2) years. Overall, 58.5% were single, 61.0% unemployed, and 53.7% had a mental illness. Males were four times more likely to commit suicide than females. Hanging represented 60.61% of all male suicides, followed by firearms (27.27%); however, females used poisoning. Around 60% and 25% of the study subjects were in the age group of 21-40 years and 41 and more, respectively. The study also identified a statistically significant association between gender, age, and the time of suicide (during COVID-19). The findings of this study could not confirm any association between suicide and mental illness, marital status, and employment status. Conclusions The suicide rate in Jordan increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, and it is alarming that most of those who committed suicide were at a young age and in their productive years. Cureus 2023-07-29 /pmc/articles/PMC10461217/ /pubmed/37644940 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.42636 Text en Copyright © 2023, Al-Sabaileh et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Al-Sabaileh, Shrouq
Abusamak, Mohammad
Jaber, Hatim
Al-Buqour, Ali
AL-Salamat, Husam Ahmad
Sabayleh, Radwan Shaher
Hatamleh, Hamzeh
Deameh, Mohammad Ghassab
Al-Amer, Rasmieh M
Suicide Trends in Jordan in Correlation With the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Forensic Medicine Perspective
title Suicide Trends in Jordan in Correlation With the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Forensic Medicine Perspective
title_full Suicide Trends in Jordan in Correlation With the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Forensic Medicine Perspective
title_fullStr Suicide Trends in Jordan in Correlation With the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Forensic Medicine Perspective
title_full_unstemmed Suicide Trends in Jordan in Correlation With the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Forensic Medicine Perspective
title_short Suicide Trends in Jordan in Correlation With the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Forensic Medicine Perspective
title_sort suicide trends in jordan in correlation with the covid-19 pandemic: a forensic medicine perspective
topic Psychology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10461217/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37644940
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.42636
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