TY - JOUR
PY - 2019//
TI - Psychiatric emergencies : factors associated with suicide attempts
JO - Tunisie médicale, La
A1 - Gniwa, Omezzine Rim
A1 - Ben Soussia, Rim
A1 - Bouali, Walid
A1 - Sriha Belguith, Asma
A1 - Younes, Samira
A1 - Zarrouk, Lazhar
SP - 910
EP - 917
VL - 97
IS - 7
N2 - BACKGROUND: Among psychiatric emergencies, suicide attempt is a frequent reason for consultation. The magnitude of this phenomenon is not only related to its increasing frequency or life-threatening, but also to the psychosocial consequences of suicidal gesture both on the patient and his entourage.
OBJECTIVES: To determine the prevalence of suicide attempts in psychiatric emergency department patients and to identify associated factors.
METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study carried out in the emergency department of Mahdia University Hospital during a three months period, including consultants for whom a psychiatric opinion was solicited. Regarding statistical analyzes, we studied associations between suicide attempt and sociodemographic, contextual, anamnestic and clinical variables.
RESULTS: Forty-four suicidal patients were included, with a prevalence of 0.5% of all emergencies. The patients mean age was 26.6 years with a female predominance (sex ratio = 0.29). Self-induced intoxication was the most widely used method (93.2%). Reactional suicidal attempts accounted for 75%. Many factors were significantly associated with suicide attempts: young age, female gender, secondar y level of education, students, presence of trigger factor, family and personal history of suicide attempt and the provenance of the examination request from a physician.
CONCLUSION: This study highlights a particular profile of patients at high risk of suicide, a codified action is to begin, including all health care providers to prevent its occurrence. This primary prevention is only possible through the identification of risk factors associated with it. Language: en
LA - en
SN - 0041-4131
UR - http://dx.doi.org/
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