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Evaluation of the quality of life and risk of suicide

OBJECTIVE: To identify the socio-demographic profiles, suicidal ideation, the presence of mental disorders and the quality of life of patients using mental health services in Arapiraca, Alagoas, Brazil. METHOD: Interviews were conducted in family health units and the Psychosocial Attention Center. T...

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Autores principales: de Medeiros Alves, Verônica, de Lima Francisco, Leilane Camila Ferreira, Belo, Flaviane Maria Pereira, de-Melo-Neto, Valfrido Leão, Barros, Vinicius Gomes, Nardi, Antonio E
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4785854/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27074173
http://dx.doi.org/10.6061/clinics/2016(03)03
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author de Medeiros Alves, Verônica
de Lima Francisco, Leilane Camila Ferreira
Belo, Flaviane Maria Pereira
de-Melo-Neto, Valfrido Leão
Barros, Vinicius Gomes
Nardi, Antonio E
author_facet de Medeiros Alves, Verônica
de Lima Francisco, Leilane Camila Ferreira
Belo, Flaviane Maria Pereira
de-Melo-Neto, Valfrido Leão
Barros, Vinicius Gomes
Nardi, Antonio E
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description OBJECTIVE: To identify the socio-demographic profiles, suicidal ideation, the presence of mental disorders and the quality of life of patients using mental health services in Arapiraca, Alagoas, Brazil. METHOD: Interviews were conducted in family health units and the Psychosocial Attention Center. The sample included 202 mental disorder patients with a risk of suicide attempts, 207 mental disorder patients without a risk of suicide attempts and 196 controls. This study used an identification questionnaire, the abbreviated World Health Organization Quality of Life questionnaire, Beck‘s Suicidal Ideation Scale and the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview. RESULTS: Patients who had a mental disorder and a risk of suicide attempts tended to be single, had less education and lower family income, were not working and showed lower scores in quality of life domains; 73 of these patients had suicidal ideation in the previous week. Depressive disorders, manic episodes, hypomanic episodes, social phobias, obsessive compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, psychotic syndromes and generalized anxiety disorder were more frequent and statistically significant for patients at risk for suicide attempts. CONCLUSION: The management of patients with a risk of suicide attempts must focus on individual patients because this risk is directly linked to changes in quality of life and the improvement of these patients' prognosis.
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spelling pubmed-47858542016-03-18 Evaluation of the quality of life and risk of suicide de Medeiros Alves, Verônica de Lima Francisco, Leilane Camila Ferreira Belo, Flaviane Maria Pereira de-Melo-Neto, Valfrido Leão Barros, Vinicius Gomes Nardi, Antonio E Clinics (Sao Paulo) Clinical Science OBJECTIVE: To identify the socio-demographic profiles, suicidal ideation, the presence of mental disorders and the quality of life of patients using mental health services in Arapiraca, Alagoas, Brazil. METHOD: Interviews were conducted in family health units and the Psychosocial Attention Center. The sample included 202 mental disorder patients with a risk of suicide attempts, 207 mental disorder patients without a risk of suicide attempts and 196 controls. This study used an identification questionnaire, the abbreviated World Health Organization Quality of Life questionnaire, Beck‘s Suicidal Ideation Scale and the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview. RESULTS: Patients who had a mental disorder and a risk of suicide attempts tended to be single, had less education and lower family income, were not working and showed lower scores in quality of life domains; 73 of these patients had suicidal ideation in the previous week. Depressive disorders, manic episodes, hypomanic episodes, social phobias, obsessive compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, psychotic syndromes and generalized anxiety disorder were more frequent and statistically significant for patients at risk for suicide attempts. CONCLUSION: The management of patients with a risk of suicide attempts must focus on individual patients because this risk is directly linked to changes in quality of life and the improvement of these patients' prognosis. Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo 2016-03 2016-03 /pmc/articles/PMC4785854/ /pubmed/27074173 http://dx.doi.org/10.6061/clinics/2016(03)03 Text en Copyright © 2016 CLINICS http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Belo, Flaviane Maria Pereira
de-Melo-Neto, Valfrido Leão
Barros, Vinicius Gomes
Nardi, Antonio E
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title_short Evaluation of the quality of life and risk of suicide
title_sort evaluation of the quality of life and risk of suicide
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4785854/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27074173
http://dx.doi.org/10.6061/clinics/2016(03)03
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