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Risk factors for suicide in prisons: a systematic review and meta-analysis
BACKGROUND: Rates of suicide among people in prison are elevated compared with people of similar age and sex who are living in the community. Improving assessments and interventions to reduce suicide risk requires updated evidence on risk factors. We aimed to examine risk factors associated with sui...
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2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7907684/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33577780 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(20)30233-4 |
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author | Zhong, Shaoling Senior, Morwenna Yu, Rongqin Perry, Amanda Hawton, Keith Shaw, Jenny Fazel, Seena |
author_facet | Zhong, Shaoling Senior, Morwenna Yu, Rongqin Perry, Amanda Hawton, Keith Shaw, Jenny Fazel, Seena |
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description | BACKGROUND: Rates of suicide among people in prison are elevated compared with people of similar age and sex who are living in the community. Improving assessments and interventions to reduce suicide risk requires updated evidence on risk factors. We aimed to examine risk factors associated with suicide in prisoners. METHODS: We did an updated systematic review and meta-analysis of risk factors for suicide among people in prison. We searched five biblographic databases for articles published between Jan 1, 2006, and Aug 13, 2020, and one database for articles published between Jan 1, 1973, and Aug 13, 2020. Eligible studies reported risk factors in individuals who died by suicide while in prison and in controls from the general prison population. Two reviewers independently extracted data for each study using a standardised form. We calculated random-effects pooled odds ratios (ORs) for the association of suicide with demographical, clinical, criminological, and institutional risk factors, and investigated heterogeneity using subgroup and meta-regression analyses. This systematic review is registered with PROSPERO, CRD42020137979. FINDINGS: We identified 8041 records through our searches, and used 77 eligible studies from 27 countries, including 35 351 suicides, in the main analysis. The strongest clinical factors associated with suicide were suicidal ideation during the current period in prison (OR 15·2, 95% CI 8·5–27·0), a history of attempted suicide (OR 8·2, 4·4–15·3), and current psychiatric diagnosis (OR 6·4, 3·6–11·1). Institutional factors associated with suicide included occupation of a single cell (OR 6·8, 2·3–19·8) and having no social visits (OR 1·9, 1·5–2·4). Criminological factors included remand status (OR 3·6, 3·1–4·1), serving a life sentence (OR 2·4, 1·3–4·6), and being convicted of a violent offence, in particular homicide (OR 3·1, 2·2–4·2). INTERPRETATION: Several modifiable risk factors, such as psychiatric diagnosis, suicidal ideation during the current period in prison, and single-cell occupancy, are associated with suicide among people in prison. Preventive interventions should target these risk factors and include improved access to evidence-based mental health care. Understanding other factors associated with suicide might improve risk stratification and resource allocation in prison services. FUNDING: Wellcome Trust, National Institute for Health Research Applied Research Collaboration Oxford and Thames Valley. |
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spelling | pubmed-79076842021-03-04 Risk factors for suicide in prisons: a systematic review and meta-analysis Zhong, Shaoling Senior, Morwenna Yu, Rongqin Perry, Amanda Hawton, Keith Shaw, Jenny Fazel, Seena Lancet Public Health Articles BACKGROUND: Rates of suicide among people in prison are elevated compared with people of similar age and sex who are living in the community. Improving assessments and interventions to reduce suicide risk requires updated evidence on risk factors. We aimed to examine risk factors associated with suicide in prisoners. METHODS: We did an updated systematic review and meta-analysis of risk factors for suicide among people in prison. We searched five biblographic databases for articles published between Jan 1, 2006, and Aug 13, 2020, and one database for articles published between Jan 1, 1973, and Aug 13, 2020. Eligible studies reported risk factors in individuals who died by suicide while in prison and in controls from the general prison population. Two reviewers independently extracted data for each study using a standardised form. We calculated random-effects pooled odds ratios (ORs) for the association of suicide with demographical, clinical, criminological, and institutional risk factors, and investigated heterogeneity using subgroup and meta-regression analyses. This systematic review is registered with PROSPERO, CRD42020137979. FINDINGS: We identified 8041 records through our searches, and used 77 eligible studies from 27 countries, including 35 351 suicides, in the main analysis. The strongest clinical factors associated with suicide were suicidal ideation during the current period in prison (OR 15·2, 95% CI 8·5–27·0), a history of attempted suicide (OR 8·2, 4·4–15·3), and current psychiatric diagnosis (OR 6·4, 3·6–11·1). Institutional factors associated with suicide included occupation of a single cell (OR 6·8, 2·3–19·8) and having no social visits (OR 1·9, 1·5–2·4). Criminological factors included remand status (OR 3·6, 3·1–4·1), serving a life sentence (OR 2·4, 1·3–4·6), and being convicted of a violent offence, in particular homicide (OR 3·1, 2·2–4·2). INTERPRETATION: Several modifiable risk factors, such as psychiatric diagnosis, suicidal ideation during the current period in prison, and single-cell occupancy, are associated with suicide among people in prison. Preventive interventions should target these risk factors and include improved access to evidence-based mental health care. Understanding other factors associated with suicide might improve risk stratification and resource allocation in prison services. FUNDING: Wellcome Trust, National Institute for Health Research Applied Research Collaboration Oxford and Thames Valley. Elsevier, Ltd 2021-02-10 /pmc/articles/PMC7907684/ /pubmed/33577780 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(20)30233-4 Text en © 2021 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an Open Access article under the CC BY 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Articles Zhong, Shaoling Senior, Morwenna Yu, Rongqin Perry, Amanda Hawton, Keith Shaw, Jenny Fazel, Seena Risk factors for suicide in prisons: a systematic review and meta-analysis |
title | Risk factors for suicide in prisons: a systematic review and meta-analysis |
title_full | Risk factors for suicide in prisons: a systematic review and meta-analysis |
title_fullStr | Risk factors for suicide in prisons: a systematic review and meta-analysis |
title_full_unstemmed | Risk factors for suicide in prisons: a systematic review and meta-analysis |
title_short | Risk factors for suicide in prisons: a systematic review and meta-analysis |
title_sort | risk factors for suicide in prisons: a systematic review and meta-analysis |
topic | Articles |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7907684/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33577780 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(20)30233-4 |
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