@article{ref1,
title="Thematic analysis of medical notes offers preliminary insight into precipitants for Asian suicide attempters: an exploratory study",
journal="International journal of environmental research and public health",
year="2018",
author="Choo, Carol C. and Ho, Roger C. and Burton, André A. D.",
volume="15",
number="4",
pages="e15040809-e15040809",
abstract="One important dynamic risk factor for suicide assessment includes suicide precipitant. This exploratory study used a qualitative paradigm to look into the themes surrounding precipitants for suicide attempts in Singapore. Medical records related to suicide attempters who were admitted to the emergency department of a large teaching hospital in Singapore over a three year period were subjected to analysis. A total of 666 cases were examined (69.2% females; 63.8% Chinese, 15% Malays, 15.8% Indians), ages ranged from 10 years old to 85 years old (Mean = 29.7, Standard Deviation = 16.1). The thematic analysis process that was applied to the textual data elicited key concepts labelled as Relationship issues, Financial strain, Socio-legal-academic—environmental stress, and Physical and mental illness and pain. Interpreted with other recent local research on suicide attempters in Singapore, the findings have implications for informing suicide interventions.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1661-7827",
doi="10.3390/ijerph15040809",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15040809"
}