Observational studyPloS one2018
Suicide attempts in Spain according to prehospital healthcare emergency records.
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- The Effectiveness of Crisis Line Services: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in public health · 2019Pooled it
- Risk Alert System to Facilitate Universal Suicide Risk Screening in Emergency Care: Protocol for a Prediction Model and Software Development Study Using a Co-Design Approach.JMIR research protocols · 2026Article
- Comparing times of self-harm presentations to hospital emergency departments in children, adolescents, young adults and adults: a national registry study 2007-2019.BMC psychiatry · 2024Article
- Classification of suicidal behavior calls in emergency medical services: a systematic review.International journal of emergency medicine · 2023Review
- Time of self-harm presentations to hospital emergency departments: a scoping review.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2023Article
- Suicidal behavior in persons attended in out-of-hospital emergency services in Spain.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Analysis of Suicide Cases from Ankara Province: A 3-year Emergency Medical Services Experience.Acta bio-medica : Atenei Parmensis · 2022Article
- Factors Associated with Suicide Attempts and Suicides in the General Population of Andalusia (Spain).International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Risk of suicide in households threatened with eviction: the role of banks and social support.BMC public health · 2019Article
- Epidemiology of Suicidal Behavior in Malaga (Spain): An Approach From the Prehospital Emergency Service.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo analyze the number and characteristics of suicide attempts by reviewing records of the public emergency healthcare service information system.
methodA retrospective observational study was conducted of emergency telephone calls received between January 1 2007 and December 31 2013 throughout the Andalusia region (Southern Spain). Cases were selected based on phone operator or healthcare team labeling. Data were analyzed on the characteristics of the individuals, the timing and severity of attempts, their prioritization, and their outcome.
resultsBetween January 1 2007 and December 31 2013, 20.942 calls related to suicide attempts were recorded, a rate of 34.7 attempts per 100,000 inhabitants. Most cases were classified by the public emergency healthcare service (Empresa Pública de Emergencias Sanitarias, EPES) as code X84 (The International Statistical Classification of Diseases, tenth revision, ICD-10) or 305(The International Statistical Classification of Diseases, ninth revision, ICD-9). Attempts were more frequent in the 35-49-year age group and there were similar proportions of males and females. The lowest number of calls for suicide attempts were in 2007 and the highest in 2013. Calls were more frequent during the summer months, at weekends, and between 16:00 and 23:00 h. The likelihood of evacuation to the hospital emergency department was almost two-fold lower in over 65-yr-olds than in younger individuals. Significant (ƿ = 0.001) gender differences were found in call outcome and prioritization. The most influential factor for evacuation to a hospital emergency department was the code assigned by the attending healthcare team.
conclusionsInformation obtained from extra-hospital emergency services provides valuable data on the characteristics and timing of calls related to suicide attempts, complementing information from hospital emergency departments or population surveys. There is a need to standardize the definition and recording of a suicide attempt.
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