Factors associated with suicide attempt among youth: A retrospective review of psychiatric inpatients 15-24 years old admitted for suicidalIdeation and behavior at The Medical City (TMC) from 2013-2017
- VernacularTitle:Factors associated with suicide attempt among youth: A retrospective review of psychiatric inpatients 15-24 years old admitted for suicidalIdeation and behavior at The Medical City (TMC) from 2013-2017
- Author:
ANNA MARGARITA G. CRUZ
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Suicidal Behavior;
- MeSH:
Suicide, Attempted;
Adolescent
- From:
The Philippine Journal of Psychiatry
2021;2(1-2):12-21
- CountryPhilippines
- Language:English
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Abstract:
OBJECTIVES:This study aimed to determine the factors associated with suicide attempt among psychiatry inpatients aged 15 to 24 years old, admitted for suicidal ideations or behavior at The Medical City during a five-year study period, January 2013 to December 2017; to describe the demographic and clinical profile of these patients; and to determine if there was an association between demographic and clinical factors as well as suicidal attempt in this population.
METHODOLOGY: This retrospective chart review, investigated the association between
demographic and clinical variables, and suicide attempt in a sample of suicidal psychiatry
inpatients aged 15-24 years old, during a 5-year study period. The sample was subdivided into
two subsets according to the presence or absence of suicide attempts in their lifetime. The
demographic and clinical variables were then collected, analyzed, and compared between the
two groups.
RESULTS:The present study reviewed 199 charts of suicidal psychiatry inpatients aged 15-24 years old hospitalized from 2013 to 2017 at The Medical City. The present study found an increasing trend in the number of psychiatric inpatients aged 15 to 24 who were confined for suicidal ideation and/or behavior over the course of the study period. Of the 199 subjects included in the study, 119 (59.8%) had attempted suicide, while 80 (40.2%) had not.
CONCLUSION:On comparison of the demographic and clinical factors among patients with a
suicide attempt versus without an attempt, sex was found to be significantly associated with an
attempt (p-value = 0.01). Specifically, the odds of a suicide attempt was twice higher among
females (odds ratio = 2.27). Among the other demographic and clinical variables studied, no
sufficient statistical evidence was found to declare significant statistical association with
suicide attempt. This suggests that etiological factors related to suicide attempts for male and
females may differ, hence such nuances need to be taken into account in the clinical
assessment and design of interventions to prevent suicide.
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