Citation

Mäkikyrö TH, Hakko HH, Timonen MJ, Lappalainen JA, Ilomäki RS, Marttunen MJ, Läksy K, Räsänen PK. J. Adolesc. Health 2004; 34(3): 250-253.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry, University of Oulu, Finland. taru.makikyro@ppshp.fi

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.jadohealth.2003.06.008

PMID

14967350

Abstract

PURPOSE: To investigate the relationship between smoking and suicidality among adolescent psychiatric patients in Finland. METHODS: Data from 157 patients (aged 12-17 years) admitted to inpatient psychiatric hospitalization between April 2001 and July 2002 were collected. Logistic regression analyses were used to examine the association between regular daily smoking and suicidality. The data were adjusted for several sociodemographic and clinical characteristics. RESULTS: The results showed over four-fold risk for definite and/or life-threatening suicide attempts among smoking adolescents in inpatient psychiatric facility compared with nonsmoking ones (OR 4.33, 95% CI 1.23-15.20). Also, the smoking adolescents had three times greater risk for occasional (OR 3.32, 95% CI 1.09-10.10) or frequent (OR 3.00, 95% CI 1.08-10.10) self-mutilation. Suicidality was more common among girls than boys and among those adolescents who suffered from depression. CONCLUSIONS: Among teens hospitalized for psychiatric illnesses, daily smoking was significantly related to suicide attempts and self-mutilation, even after controlling for several confounding factors, including psychiatric diagnosis.

Language: en