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Risk factors observed in health care system 6 months prior completed suicide

Ten percent of all deaths in Greenland are caused by suicide. The aim of this study was to explore if applicable risk factors could be identified among the suicide victims within the health care system up to 6 months prior to the suicide. The study was performed as an age- and gender-matched case co...

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Autores principales: Grundsøe, Tommy Lauth, Pedersen, Michael Lynge
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6522904/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31084408
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2019.1617019
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description Ten percent of all deaths in Greenland are caused by suicide. The aim of this study was to explore if applicable risk factors could be identified among the suicide victims within the health care system up to 6 months prior to the suicide. The study was performed as an age- and gender-matched case control study including all suicides in Greenland from 2012 to 2015, based on review of medical records for risk factors including suicide ideation, suicide attempts, incidence of alcohol intoxication, incidence of violence and treatment for psychiatric illness within the 6 month period leading up to the suicide. In total, 160 cases and 160 controls were included. Presence of any risk factors were observed in around a third of all suicide cases compared a tenth among the controls. The highest odds ratios for suicide were observed for suicide ideation and suicide attempts. However, no contact with the health care system was observed for two thirds of the suicides victims. Thus, focus on suicide ideation and suicide attempts among patients could help health care professionals to assess suicide risk and initiate prevention. Additional preventive strategies targeting the majority without contact to the health care system need to be explored.
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spelling pubmed-65229042019-05-29 Risk factors observed in health care system 6 months prior completed suicide Grundsøe, Tommy Lauth Pedersen, Michael Lynge Int J Circumpolar Health Research Article Ten percent of all deaths in Greenland are caused by suicide. The aim of this study was to explore if applicable risk factors could be identified among the suicide victims within the health care system up to 6 months prior to the suicide. The study was performed as an age- and gender-matched case control study including all suicides in Greenland from 2012 to 2015, based on review of medical records for risk factors including suicide ideation, suicide attempts, incidence of alcohol intoxication, incidence of violence and treatment for psychiatric illness within the 6 month period leading up to the suicide. In total, 160 cases and 160 controls were included. Presence of any risk factors were observed in around a third of all suicide cases compared a tenth among the controls. The highest odds ratios for suicide were observed for suicide ideation and suicide attempts. However, no contact with the health care system was observed for two thirds of the suicides victims. Thus, focus on suicide ideation and suicide attempts among patients could help health care professionals to assess suicide risk and initiate prevention. Additional preventive strategies targeting the majority without contact to the health care system need to be explored. Taylor & Francis 2019-05-14 /pmc/articles/PMC6522904/ /pubmed/31084408 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2019.1617019 Text en © 2019 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/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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