Brief report risk factors for suicide attempts among low-income women with a history of alcohol problems

Abstract. Background: Suicide attempts are common in patients with severe psychiatric disorders; however, they are rarely studied in this population. Aims: To investigate the prevalence and risk factors associated with suicide attempts among patients with severe psychiatric disorders. Method: This is a cross-sectional study of patients admitted to the Mohammed VI University Hospital of Psychiatry in Oujda, Morocco. Results: A total of 250 patients with a psychiatric disorder were recruited in this study. Among these, 78 cases (31.2%) had a personal history of suicide attempts. A personal history of suicide attempt was significantly higher among women compared to men (45.5% vs. 27.2%, p = .0099). The most common method of suicide attempts was jumping from heights (31%). Patients with a personal history of suicide attempts had a significantly higher prevalence of alcohol consumption ( p = .0063), family history of psychiatric disorders ( p = .002), family history of suicide attempt ( p = .00004), and family history of suicide ( p = .018) compared to those who had never made suicide attempts. Limitations: As suicidal behavior is highly stigmatized in Morocco, the number of patients who have made a suicide attempt may be underestimated. Conclusion: Our findings justify the need to provide specialized support to psychiatric patients with risk factors for suicide attempts.

Download Full-text

Risk factors for suicide attempts among rural youth with a history of suicidal ideation

Death Studies ◽

10.1080/07481187.2019.1701147 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 1-7

Author(s):

Ivonne Andrea Florez ◽

Josephine Au ◽

Nova Morrisette ◽

Dorian A. Lamis

Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

Suicidal Ideation ◽

Suicide Attempts ◽

Rural Youth ◽

History Of ◽

Risk Factors For Suicide

Download Full-text

Risk factors for suicide attempts in patients with alcohol dependence or abuse and a history of depressive symptoms: A subgroup analysis from the WHO/ISBRA study

Drug and Alcohol Review ◽

10.1111/j.1465-3362.2009.00089.x ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 29 (1) ◽

pp. 64-74 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

ÖZGÜR YALDIZLI ◽

HANS CHRISTIAN KUHL ◽

MARC GRAF ◽

GERHARD A. WIESBECK ◽

FRIEDRICH M. WURST

Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

Depressive Symptoms ◽

Alcohol Dependence ◽

Subgroup Analysis ◽

Suicide Attempts ◽

History Of ◽

Risk Factors For Suicide

Download Full-text

Suicidal Ideation and Suicide Attempt Among Adolescents in Western Jamaica

Crisis ◽

10.1027/0227-5910/a000038 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 31 (6) ◽

pp. 317-327 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Omobolawa Y. Kukoyi ◽

Faisal M. Shuaib ◽

Sheila Campbell-Forrester ◽

Lisabeth Crossman ◽

Pauline E. Jolly

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Risk Factors ◽

Sexual Abuse ◽

Suicide Attempt ◽

Suicide Ideation ◽

Suicide Attempts ◽

The United States ◽

History Of ◽

Mental Health Diagnoses ◽

Risk Factors For Suicide

Background: Although extensive studies on adolescent suicidal behavior have been conducted in developed countries such as the United States, little data exist on risk factors for suicide among adolescents in culturally and socially disadvantages settings, such as Jamaica. Aims: To conduct a preliminary investigation of risk factors associated with suicide ideation and attempt among youths in Western Jamaica. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study of 342 adolescents aged 10–19 years from 19 schools. Results: Multivariate analysis showed that a history of self-violence, violent thoughts toward others, mental health diagnoses other than depression, and a history of sexual abuse were positively associated with suicide attempt. Sexual abuse, mental health diagnoses other than depression, self-violence, and ease of access to lethal substances/weapons were positively associated with suicide ideation. Conclusions: We found a relatively high prevalence of suicide ideation and suicide attempts among adolescents living in Western Jamaica. An accurate understanding of the prevailing risk factors for suicide attempts will promote a more sympathetic approach to victims and facilitate prevention efforts.

Download Full-text

Analysis of Sociodemographic and Clinical Factors Associated with Hospitalized Stroke Patients of Bangladesh

Faridpur Medical College Journal ◽

10.3329/fmcj.v6i1.7405 ◽

1970 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

pp. 19-23 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

AM Hossain ◽

NU Ahmed ◽

M Rahman ◽

MR Islam ◽

G Sadhya ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

Heart Disease ◽

Ischaemic Heart Disease ◽

Low Income ◽

Heart Diseases ◽

Previous History ◽

Stroke Patients ◽

College Hospital ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

History Of

A hospital based cross sectional study was carried out to analyze prevalence of risk factors for stroke in hospitalized patient in a medical college hospital. 100 patients were chosen using purposive sampling technique. Highest incidence of stroke was between the 6th and 7th decade. Patients came from both urban (54%) and rural (46%) areas and most of them belong to the low-income group (47%). In occupational category; service holder (28%) and retired person (21%) were the highest groups. Most of the study subjects were literate (63%). CT scan study revealed that the incidence of ischaemic stroke was 61% and haemorrhagic stroke 39%. Analysis indicated hypertension as major risk factor for stroke (63%) and major portion of the patients (42.85%) were on irregular or no treatment. Twenty four percent of the patients had heart diseases and out of 24 patients 45.83% were suffering from ischaemic heart disease. The present study detected diabetes in 21% patients. Fifty three percent of the study subjects were smoker, 39% patients had habit of betelnut chewing. Out of 26 female patients, only 23% had history of using oral contraceptives. Majority of the patients were sedentary workers (46%). Thirty seven percent of the stroke patients were obese. Among the stroke patients 9% had previous history of stroke and 3% had TIA respectively. Most of the patients (21%) were awake while they suffered from stroke and the time of occurrence was mostly in the afternoon (46%). This study found that hypertension, cigarette smoking, ischaemic heart disease and diabetes mellitus are the major risk factors prevalent in our community while other risk factors demand further study. Key words: stroke; risk factors; hospitalized patients; Bangladesh. DOI: 10.3329/fmcj.v6i1.7405 Faridpur Med. Coll. J. 2011;6(1): 19-23

Download Full-text

144: Partner- and partnership-related risk factors for preterm birth among low-income women in Lima, Peru

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology ◽

10.1016/j.ajog.2008.09.171 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 199 (6) ◽

pp. S53

Author(s):

Kathleen Paul ◽

Pedro Garcia ◽

Lisa Manhart ◽

King Holmes ◽

Jane Hitti

Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

Preterm Birth ◽

Low Income ◽

Related Risk ◽

Low Income Women

Download Full-text

Risk Factors for Suicide Attempts Among African American Women Experiencing Recent Intimate Partner Violence

Violence and Victims ◽

10.1891/vivi.17.3.283.33658 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 17 (3) ◽

pp. 283-295 ◽

Cited By ~ 60

Author(s):

Martie P. Thompson ◽

Nadine J. Kaslow ◽

J. B. Kingree

Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

African American ◽

Suicide Attempt ◽

African American Women ◽

Suicide Attempts ◽

Risk Model ◽

Cumulative Risk ◽

American Women ◽

Cumulative Risk Model ◽

Risk Factors For Suicide

The purposes of this study were to identify risk factors for suicide attempts among 200 African American abused women (100 attempters, 100 nonattempters) and to test a cumulative risk model to determine if a woman’s likelihood of making a suicide attempt increased as the number of risk factors increased. Results revealed that attempters were significantly more likely than nonattempters to report high levels of depressive symptoms, hopelessness, drug abuse, and childhood abuse and neglect. Results from the cumulative risk model revealed a linear association between the number of risk factors and the odds of making a suicide attempt. Compared to women with no risk factors, women with two risk factors, women with three risk factors, and women with four to five risk factors were 10, 25, and 107 times, respectively, more likely to attempt suicide. The identification of risk variables highlights the importance of designing interventions to address these factors in order to reduce the risk of suicidal behavior in abused, African American women.

Download Full-text

Identification of Risk Factors to Predict the Occurrences of Relapses in Individuals with Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorder in Iran

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph18020546 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (2) ◽

pp. 546

Author(s):

Omran Davarinejad ◽

Tahereh Mohammadi Majd ◽

Farzaneh Golmohammadi ◽

Payam Mohammadi ◽

Farnaz Radmehr ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

Suicide Attempts ◽

Disease Onset ◽

Sudden Onset ◽

Spectrum Disorder ◽

Therapeutic Interventions ◽

Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorder ◽

Schizophrenia Spectrum ◽

History Of ◽

Log Normal

Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorder (SSD) is a chronic psychiatric disorder with a modest treatment outcome. In addition, relapses are commonplace. Here, we sought to identify factors that predict relapse latency and frequency. To this end, we retrospectively analyzed data for individuals with SSD. Medical records of 401 individuals with SSD were analyzed (mean age: 25.51 years; 63.6% males) covering a five-year period. Univariate and multivariate Penalized Likelihood Models with Shared Log-Normal Frailty were used to determine the correlation between discharge time and relapse and to identify risk factors. A total of 683 relapses were observed in males, and 422 relapses in females. The Relapse Hazard Ratio (RHR) decreased with age (RHR = 0.99, CI: (0.98–0.998)) and with participants’ adherence to pharmacological treatment (HR = 0.71, CI: 0.58–0.86). In contrast, RHR increased with a history of suicide attempts (HR = 1.32, CI: 1.09–1.60), and a gradual compared to a sudden onset of disease (HR = 1.45, CI: 1.02–2.05). Gender was not predictive. Data indicate that preventive and therapeutic interventions may be particularly important for individuals who are younger at disease onset, have a history of suicide attempts, have experienced a gradual onset of disease, and have difficulties adhering to medication.

Download Full-text