TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - Characterization of suicide attempt patients from Pedro Díaz Coello polyclinic in Holguin
JO  - Revista Cubana de Medicina General Integral
A1  - Campaña, C.E.M.
A1  - Ramos, Y.A.M.
A1  - Parra, D.F.
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VL  - 37
IS  - 3
N2  - INTRODUCTION: Suicide is a public health concern, due to its high prevalence at the present time and the lack of implementation of adequate preventive strategies in a significant number of countries. <br><br>OBJECTIVE: To characterize suicide attempt patients from the health area of Pedro Díaz Coello Polyclinic in Holguín. <br><br>METHODS: An observational, descriptive, cross-sectional and retrospective study was carried out in, the period 2015-2019, with a universe of 138 patients. The variables age, sex, school level, marital status, method used and risk factors were used. <br><br>RESULTS: A predominance was found in the number of patients between ten and twenty years of age (52.2%) as well as in the female sex (60%), while 57 patients (41.33%) had completed junior high school. Singles were the most prevalent, accounted for 80 (58%). Ingestion of tablets was the most used method, accounting for 92 patients (66.6%), of which the female sex had the highest number; however, in the male sex, the predominant method was hanging. As a risk factor, depression was the most prevalent, accounting for 40 (29%) patients. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Female adolescents who had completed only junior high school used ingestion of tablets as a suicide attempt method and presented depression as the main risk factor. © 2021, Editorial Ciencias Medicas. All rights reserved.<p /> <p>Language: es</p>
LA  - es
SN  - 0864-2125
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
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