ArticleInternational journal of circumpolar health2019
Risk factors observed in health care system 6 months prior completed suicide.
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- A systematic review on risk and protective factors for suicide and suicidal behaviour among Greenland Inuit.International journal of circumpolar health · 2023Pooled it
- The association between suicide attempts and ethnic identity and discrimination among Indigenous Sami adolescents in Arctic Norway.International journal of circumpolar health · 2025Article
- Childhood conditions and mental health among youth and young adults in Greenland: a latent class analysis.International journal of circumpolar health · 2024Article
- Childhood maltreatment associated suicidal risk in Chinese children and adolescents: a mediation of resilience.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Suicide attempts among Greenlandic forensic psychiatric patients - prevalence and determinants.International journal of circumpolar health · 2022Article
- Socio-demographic, psychosocial and environmental factors associated with suicidal behaviour in Indigenous Sami and Greenlandic Inuit adolescents; the WBYG and NAAHS studies.International journal of circumpolar health · 2021Article
- Alcohol in Greenland 1950-2018: consumption, drinking patterns, and consequences.International journal of circumpolar health · 2020Article
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Abstract
Ten percent of all deaths in Greenland are caused by suicide. The aim of this study was to explore if applicable risk factors could be identified among the suicide victims within the health care system up to 6 months prior to the suicide. The study was performed as an age- and gender-matched case control study including all suicides in Greenland from 2012 to 2015, based on review of medical records for risk factors including suicide ideation, suicide attempts, incidence of alcohol intoxication, incidence of violence and treatment for psychiatric illness within the 6 month period leading up to the suicide. In total, 160 cases and 160 controls were included. Presence of any risk factors were observed in around a third of all suicide cases compared a tenth among the controls. The highest odds ratios for suicide were observed for suicide ideation and suicide attempts. However, no contact with the health care system was observed for two thirds of the suicides victims. Thus, focus on suicide ideation and suicide attempts among patients could help health care professionals to assess suicide risk and initiate prevention. Additional preventive strategies targeting the majority without contact to the health care system need to be explored.
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