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Risk of re-attempts and suicide death after a suicide attempt: A survival analysis

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Title
Risk of re-attempts and suicide death after a suicide attempt: A survival analysis
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BMC Psychiatry, May 2017
DOI 10.1186/s12888-017-1317-z
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Isabel Parra-Uribe, Hilario Blasco-Fontecilla, Gemma Garcia-Parés, Luis Martínez-Naval, Oliver Valero-Coppin, Annabel Cebrià-Meca, Maria A. Oquendo, Diego Palao-Vidal

Abstract

Suicide is the primary cause of unnatural death in Spain, and suicide re-attempts a major economic burden worldwide. The risk factors for re-attempt and suicide after an index suicide attempt are different. This study aims to investigate risk factors for re-attempt and suicide after an index suicide attempt. This observational study is part of a one-year telephone management program. We included all first-time suicide attempters evaluated in the emergency department at Parc Taulí-University Hospital (n = 1241) recruited over a five-year period (January 2008 to December 2012). Suicide attempters were evaluated at baseline using standardized instruments. Bivariate logistic regression models were used to identify risk factors. Kaplan-Meier curves were used to compare the time to re-attempt between categorical variables. Comparisons were performed using Log-Rank and Wilcoxon tests. Variables with a p-value lower than 0.2 were included in a multivariate Cox regression model. Bivariate logistic regression models were considered to identify risk factors for suicide. The significance level was set to 0.05. Suicide re-attempters were more likely diagnosed with cluster B personality disorders (36.8% vs. 16.6%; p < 0.001), and alcohol use disorders (19.8 vs. 13.9; p = 0.02). Several [1.2% (15/1241)] of them died by suicide. Attempters who suicide were more likely alcohol users (33.3% vs. 17.2%; p = 0.047), and older (50.9 ± 11.9 vs. 40.7 ± 16.0; p = 0.004). Alcohol use, personality disorders and younger age are risk factors for re-attempting. Older age is a risk factor for suicide among suicide attempters. Current prevention programs of suicidal behaviour should be tailored to the specific profile of each group.

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Unknown 245 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 32 13%
Researcher 23 9%
Student > Doctoral Student 21 9%
Student > Bachelor 21 9%
Student > Ph. D. Student 18 7%
Other 65 27%
Unknown 65 27%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 61 25%
Psychology 45 18%
Nursing and Health Professions 16 7%
Unspecified 10 4%
Social Sciences 7 3%
Other 28 11%
Unknown 78 32%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 23. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 15 April 2023.
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#1,532,552
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#14
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