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Abstract
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Background and Objective: Suicide attempt is one of the top five causes of acute admissions inhospitals and the area is scantily explored. This study aims to identify the socio-demographic and clinical variables in patients of attempted suicide in a tertiary level hospital of Ahmedabad.
METHOD: After IRB approval, we approached the patientsof attempted suicide inpsychiatry OPD over a period of 3 months; demographic details were obtained from the consenting patients. They were then analyzed for presence ofmental illness in an interview based on DSM-IV TR andevident stressors. Beck's Suicidal Intent Scale was applied on each study patient to know the severity of intent. The results were analyzed by spss v.20.
RESULTS: 78 out of 115 cases approached, consented to be a part of this study of which 56.4%werefemales.66.6%patients were less than 30 years of age, 84.6% were less than 12th standard educated, 74.3% were single and 87.5% of the unemployed patients, were housewives. In our study, 93.6% of suicide attempters had underlying psychiatric illnesses. 53.8% were diagnosed to have adjustment disorder. 65% of the patients having serious suicidal intent, were females.
CONCLUSION: In our study, patients who are housewives (p=0.000); age <30 years; <12th standard education; nuclear family setup are variables that were clearly seen in majority of cases attempting suicide. Adjustment disorder was the most frequently observed diagnosis (p=0.028) in patients and female patients were found to have a more serious intent to die (p=0.025). Key words: Suicide attempt, adjustment disorder, Ahmedabad |