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Negative Life Events and Attempted Suicide in Rural China
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to examine the association between negative life events (NLEs) and attempted suicide in rural China. METHODS: Six rural counties were selected from disease surveillance points in Shandong province, China. A total of 409 suicide attempters in rural areas between October 1,...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4303417/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25611854 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0116634 |
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author | Zhang, Wen-Chao Jia, Cun-Xian Zhang, Ji-Yu Wang, Lin-Lin Liu, Xian-Chen |
author_facet | Zhang, Wen-Chao Jia, Cun-Xian Zhang, Ji-Yu Wang, Lin-Lin Liu, Xian-Chen |
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description | OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to examine the association between negative life events (NLEs) and attempted suicide in rural China. METHODS: Six rural counties were selected from disease surveillance points in Shandong province, China. A total of 409 suicide attempters in rural areas between October 1, 2009, and March 31, 2011, and an equal number of matched controls were interviewed. We compared negative life events experienced within 1 month, 1–3 months, 3–6months, and 6–2 months prior to attempted suicide for cases and prior to interview for controls. We used multivariate logistic regression to examine the association between NLEs and attempted suicide. RESULTS: Suicide attempters experienced more NLEs within the last year prior to suicide attempt than controls prior to interview (83.1% vs. 33.5%). There was a significant dose-response relationship between NLEs experienced within the last year and increased risk of attempted suicide. Timing of NLEs analysis showed that NLEs experienced in the last month and 6–12 months prior to suicide attempt were significantly associated with elevated risk of attempted suicide, even after adjusting for mental disorders and demographic factors. Of NLEs, quarrelling with spouse, quarrelling with other family members, conflicting with friends or neighbors, family financial difficulty, and serious illness were independently related to attempted suicide. CONCLUSION: NLEs are significantly associated with increased risk for attempted suicide in rural China. Stress management and intervention may be important to prevent suicidal behavior in rural China. |
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spelling | pubmed-43034172015-01-30 Negative Life Events and Attempted Suicide in Rural China Zhang, Wen-Chao Jia, Cun-Xian Zhang, Ji-Yu Wang, Lin-Lin Liu, Xian-Chen PLoS One Research Article OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to examine the association between negative life events (NLEs) and attempted suicide in rural China. METHODS: Six rural counties were selected from disease surveillance points in Shandong province, China. A total of 409 suicide attempters in rural areas between October 1, 2009, and March 31, 2011, and an equal number of matched controls were interviewed. We compared negative life events experienced within 1 month, 1–3 months, 3–6months, and 6–2 months prior to attempted suicide for cases and prior to interview for controls. We used multivariate logistic regression to examine the association between NLEs and attempted suicide. RESULTS: Suicide attempters experienced more NLEs within the last year prior to suicide attempt than controls prior to interview (83.1% vs. 33.5%). There was a significant dose-response relationship between NLEs experienced within the last year and increased risk of attempted suicide. Timing of NLEs analysis showed that NLEs experienced in the last month and 6–12 months prior to suicide attempt were significantly associated with elevated risk of attempted suicide, even after adjusting for mental disorders and demographic factors. Of NLEs, quarrelling with spouse, quarrelling with other family members, conflicting with friends or neighbors, family financial difficulty, and serious illness were independently related to attempted suicide. CONCLUSION: NLEs are significantly associated with increased risk for attempted suicide in rural China. Stress management and intervention may be important to prevent suicidal behavior in rural China. Public Library of Science 2015-01-22 /pmc/articles/PMC4303417/ /pubmed/25611854 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0116634 Text en © 2015 Zhang et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 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 properly credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Zhang, Wen-Chao Jia, Cun-Xian Zhang, Ji-Yu Wang, Lin-Lin Liu, Xian-Chen Negative Life Events and Attempted Suicide in Rural China |
title | Negative Life Events and Attempted Suicide in Rural China |
title_full | Negative Life Events and Attempted Suicide in Rural China |
title_fullStr | Negative Life Events and Attempted Suicide in Rural China |
title_full_unstemmed | Negative Life Events and Attempted Suicide in Rural China |
title_short | Negative Life Events and Attempted Suicide in Rural China |
title_sort | negative life events and attempted suicide in rural china |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4303417/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25611854 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0116634 |
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