suicide attempts and related factors in patients admitted to a general hospital a ten-year cross-sectional study (1997-2007)自杀企图和相关因素的病人承认综合医院十年横断面研究(1997 - 2007).pdf

Alberdi-Sudupe et al. BMC Psychiatry 2011, 11:51 /1471-244X/11/51 RESEARCH ARTICLE Open Access Suicide attempts and related factors in patients admitted to a general hospital: a ten-year cross- sectional study (1997-2007) 1* 2 1 1 Jesús Alberdi-Sudupe , Salvador Pita-Fernández , Sonia M Gómez-Pardiñas , Fernando Iglesias-Gil-de-Bernabé , 1 1 1 2 Jorge García-Fernández , Gonzalo Martínez-Sande , Sara Lantes-Louzao and Sonia Pértega-Díaz Abstract Background: Suicide and suicide attempts represent a severe problem for public health services. The aim of this study is to determine the socio-demographic and psychopathological variables associated with suicide attempts in the population admitted to a General Hospital. Methods: An observational-descriptive study of patients admitted to the A Coruña University Hospital (Spain) during the period 1997-2007, assessed by the Consultation and Liaison Psychiatric Unit. We include n = 5,234 admissions from 4,509 patients. Among these admissions, n = 361 (6.9%) were subsequent to a suicide attempt. Admissions arising from a suicide attempt were compared with admissions occurring due to other reasons. Multivariate generalised estimating equation logistic regression models were used to examine factors associated with suicide attempts. Results: Adjusting by age, gender, educational level, cohabitation status, being employed or unemployed, the psychiatric diagnosis at the time of the interview and the information on previous suicide attempts, we found that the variables associated with the risk of a suicide attempt were: ag