Shah Md Mohsin Ali, Ahmed Srijony, Arafat S M Yasir
Department of Psychiatry, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Psychiatry J. 2017;2017:3047025. doi: 10.1155/2017/3047025. Epub 2017 Oct 10.
Suicide is a global public health problem too often neglected by researchers and Bangladesh is not an exception. There is no suicide surveillance and nationwide study is yet to be conducted in the country.
This paper aimed to look into suicide based on newspaper reporting in Bangladesh focusing on the demographic variables and risk factors.
6 national newspapers were scrutinized from November 2016 to April 2017. Data were checked, cross-checked, and then analyzed with SPSS software.
In a duration of six months, a total of 271 cases were reported; age was found to be in the range of 11-70 years (26.67 ± 13.47). 61% of the reported cases were below 30 years of age, 58% were female, 24% were students, 17% were house makers, 61% were from rural background, and 45% were married. Hanging was found to be the commonest method (82.29%); marital and familial discord remained a noticeable risk factor (34.32%). Family members and neighbors noticed 103 cases, and only 3 cases were found to have suicide notes.
Suicide is an underattended public health problem in Bangladesh with few researches and paucity of literature. Establishment of national suicide surveillance is now a time demanded step.
自杀是一个常被研究人员忽视的全球公共卫生问题，孟加拉国也不例外。该国没有自杀监测，且尚未开展全国性研究。
本文旨在基于孟加拉国报纸报道，研究自杀情况，重点关注人口统计学变量和风险因素。
对2016年11月至2017年4月期间的6份全国性报纸进行审查。数据经过核对、交叉核对，然后用SPSS软件进行分析。
在六个月的时间里，共报道了271例病例；年龄在11至70岁之间（26.67±13.47）。报告病例中61%年龄在30岁以下，58%为女性，24%为学生，17%为家庭主妇，61%来自农村，45%已婚。发现上吊是最常见的方式（82.29%）；婚姻和家庭不和仍然是一个显著的风险因素（34.32%）。家庭成员和邻居注意到103例，只有3例发现有遗书。
在孟加拉国，自杀是一个关注不足的公共卫生问题，研究较少且文献匮乏。建立国家自杀监测系统现在是一项迫切需要采取的措施。
