ArticleBMC psychiatry2017
Epidemiological study of suicide by physical methods between 1993 and 2013 in Ilam province, Iran.
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- Spatiotemporal clustering of suicide attempt in Kermanshah, West-Iran.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Rate and Causes of Suicide in Ilam: A Report of the Suicide Registry.Iranian journal of psychiatry · 2022Article
- GFAP and Neuron Specific Enolase (NSE) in the Serum of Suicide Attempters.Medical journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran · 2022Article
- Predictive Factors Associated With Methods of Suicide: The Korean National Investigations of Suicide Victims (The KNIGHTS Study).Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
- Prediction of Suicide Attempts Using the Box-Jenkins Model.Iranian journal of psychiatry · 2020Article
- The Suicide Rate in the Elderly Population of Iran between 2008 and 2014.Journal of research in health sciences · 2020Article
- Psychological factors of vulnerability to suicide ideation: Attachment styles, coping strategies, and dysfunctional attitudes.Journal of education and health promotion · 2020Article
- Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Completed Suicides in Mexico City 2014-2015.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundSuicide by aggressive physical methods such as firearms, hanging, and jumping is well known; however, different factors may influence a person while selecting a particular method. The aim of this study was to investigate the epidemiological factors involved in the selection and use of different physical methods for suicide over a long-term period in Ilam province, Iran.
methodsThe present study was conducted retrospectively between 1993 and 2013 using recorded data from a comprehensive system for registration of suicide attempts in Ilam University of Medical Sciences. The epidemiological characteristics included person, time and place variables, and the outcomes of the suicide attempts. The chi square, univariate and multivariate logistic regression models were used for data analysis.
resultsTotally, 1516 suicide attempts were evaluated (the annual incidence rate: 19/100,000 individuals). The most commonly used suicide method in females (88.4%) and males (38.9%) was self-immolation. Furthermore, the annual incidence rate among males and females was within the age group of 15-24 years (24.6 and 47.8/100,000 individuals). The risk of death by suicide in the age group of 55-64 years was 2.93 compared with the age group of 10-14 years (OR = 2.93; 95% CI = 0.64-13.54, P = 0.168).
conclusionThis study revealed that self-immolation was the most selected physical method of suicide and had the highest incidence rate, and inflicted the survivors with severe physical and mental complications. In order to reduce the use of physical methods, especially self-immolation, life skills training becomes more important than ever.
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