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ArticleBMC psychiatry2024

Characteristics of suicide attempts in Northwestern Iran: a five-year population-based survey.

Abbas Abbasi-Ghahramanloo, Mohammad Jafarzadeh, Farhad Pourfarzi, Sima Afrashteh, Ahad Azimi, Mustpha Ahmed Yusuf, Davoud Adham, Eslam Moradi-Asl

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Article in BMC psychiatry, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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Abbas Abbasi-GhahramanlooDepartment of Public Health, School of Health, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran.
Mohammad JafarzadehCDC of Ardabil Public Health, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran.
Farhad PourfarziDepartment of Community Medicine, School of Medicine, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran.
Sima AfrashtehClinical Research Development Center, The Persian Gulf Martyrs Hospital, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran.
Ahad AzimiCDC of Ardabil Public Health, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran.
Mustpha Ahmed YusufDepartment of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, College of Health Sciences, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria.
Davoud AdhamDepartment of Public Health, School of Health, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran.
Eslam Moradi-AslDepartment of Public Health, School of Health, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran. moradiasl83@yahoo.com.
Ardabil University of Medical Sciences · IRBayero University Kano · NGBushehr University of Medical Sciences · IR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundSuicide is a serious public health problem in the world. This study aims to describe the characteristics of suicide attempters in North-Western Iran and identify latent classes of suicide attempts.

methodsThis cross-sectional study was conducted in Ardabil Province (Northwest Iran) during 2017-2021 based on a registration system for suicide attempts. We performed latent class analysis (LCA) using a procedure for LCA (PROC LCA) in SAS to investigate the subgroups of suicide attempters based on their characteristics and method, history, and outcome of suicide.

resultsThree latent classes were identified for males and females; the first class (non-lethal attempters with lower educational levels) comprised 41.3% of males and 55.4% of females. The second class (non-lethal attempters with higher educational levels) described 52.4% of males and 42.7% of females. Finally, the third class (lethal attempters) included 6.4% of males and 1.9% of females. The main method of suicide attempts was poisoning with medications (87.3%). The results show that only 2.8% of people have a history of suicide attempts. Also, the suicide rate reached 8.26 per 100,000 population in 2021.

conclusionThe present study showed an increasing trend of suicide attempt incidence rate in Ardabil Province from 2017 (99.49 per 100,000 population) to 2021 (247.41 per 100,000 population). This means that the rate of change was 147.92 per 100,000 population during the study period. The findings of LCA, stress the necessity of identification and prioritization of unmet needs of people who had an incomplete suicide in Ardabil.

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Suicide, AttemptedCross-Sectional StudiesEducational StatusFemaleHumansIranMaleRisk FactorsIranLatent class analysisSubgroupingSuicide attemptsSuicide trend

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