SynthesisPsychiatry research2021
Suicide, self-harm and suicidal ideation during COVID-19: A systematic review.
Synthesis in Psychiatry research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 175 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
175 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 344 citations in OpenAlex.
- Association Between Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists and Suicidality: A Systematic Review.Diabetes, obesity & metabolism · 2026Pooled it
- Loneliness as an Interface Between Alzheimer's Disease and Suicidal Behaviour: A Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis and Meta-Analytic Factor Analysis.Psychogeriatrics : the official journal of the Japanese Psychogeriatric Society · 2026Pooled it
- Temporal patterns of suicidal ideation prevalence during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cross-sectional and longitudinal studies.Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences · 2025Pooled it
- Global Overview of Suicidal Behavior and Risk Factors among General Population during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review and a Meta-Regression.The Psychiatric quarterly · 2025Pooled it
- Suicidality and self-harm in adolescents before and after the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- Suicide before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Pooled it
- Pooled it
- Identification of risk factors for attempted suicide by self-poisoning and a nomogram to predict self-poisoning suicide.Frontiers in public health · 2023Trial
- Article
- The Impact of Recent Collective Trauma in Israel on Eating Disorders and Disordered Eating: An Overview and Clinical Perspective.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Intentional pediatric nonprescription cold/cough and analgesic/antipyretic exposure trends amid the COVID-19 pandemic.Clinical toxicology (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2026Article
- The moderating effect of child abuse on the association between domestic violence and suicidal ideation/self-harm among Lebanese women.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Global Prevalence and Risk Factors of Suicidal Ideation in Multiple Sclerosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Health science reports · 2026Review
- Suicidal Thoughts and Self-Harm Behavior During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United Kingdom: A Repeated Cross-Sectional Population-Based Survey Study.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Prevalence and Levels of Symptoms of Anxiety, Depression and Suicidal Ideation Amongst Elite Male Soccer Players: An Age- and Education-Matched Controlled Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- Association of GnRH agonists with depression and suicide/self-injury: a FAERS pharmacovigilance study.Endocrine connections · 2026Article
- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on referrals and clinical activity in a child and adolescent mental health service in Qatar: a 3-year retrospective comparative analysis.BJPsych international · 2026Article
- Factors influencing suicidal ideation in Chinese adolescents with first-episode depressive disorder: a cross-sectional study.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Learning the hard way: What COVID-19 teaches us about the social determinants of mental health among the urban poor.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Changes in Hospitalization for Eating Disorders and Related Suicidal Risk, Following COVID-19 Pandemic.Depression and anxiety · 2026Article
115 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
4 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
We aimed to do a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies describing suicidal ideation, suicide attempts and suicide and associated risk factors during COVID-19 pandemic. We searched following electronic databases using relevant search terms: Medline, Embase, PsycInfo and CINAHL and systematically reviewed the evidence following PRISMA guidelines. The meta-analysis of prevalence of suicidal ideation was done using random effect model. The search returned 972 records, we examined 106 in full text and included 38 studies describing 120,076 participants. Nineteen studies described suicide or attempted self-harm, mostly in case reports. Out of 19 studies describing suicidal ideations, 12 provided appropriate data for meta-analysis. The pooled prevalence of suicidal ideation in these studies was 12.1% (CI 9.3-15.2). Main risk factors for suicidal ideations were: low social support, high physical and mental exhaustion and poorer self-reported physical health in frontline medical workers, sleep disturbances, quarantine and exhaustion, loneliness, and mental health difficulties. We provide first meta-analytic estimate of suicidal ideation based on large sample from different countries and populations. The rate of suicidal ideations during COVID pandemic is higher than that reported in studies on general population prior to pandemic and may result in higher suicide rates in future.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.