Rahoof Febina V, Cherian Anish V, Kandasamy Arun, Ezhumalai Sinu, Dhanasekara R Pandian
Department of Psychiatric Social Work, NIMHANS, Bangalore.
Department of Psychiatry, NIMHANS, Bangalore.
J Psychosoc Well Being. 2021 Jul-Dec;2(2):30-41. doi: 10.55242/jpsw.2021.2206. Epub 2021 Dec 23.
Suicide is a major threat to public health worldwide. Evidence suggests alcohol use disorders (AUD) are associated with suicide ideation. There is a paucity of studies in India regarding suicidal ideation among individuals receiving in-patient treatment for alcohol dependence.
To assess the suicidal ideation and its severity among persons with alcohol use disorder.
Cross-sectional research design was used. Totally 47 persons with alcohol use disorder receiving in-patient treatment were screened for suicidal ideation using a consecutive sampling technique based on inclusion and exclusion criteria at centre for addiction medicine, tertiary care teaching hospital at Bangalore. An interview schedule was used to collect the data. Tools: Mini+ suicidality was used for screening suicidal ideation and Columbia suicide severity rating scale was used to assess the frequency and severity of the suicidal ideation. Descriptive statistics such as frequency, percentage, mean were used for data analysis.
RESULTS & DISCUSSION: Out of 47 patients, 29 reported having suicidal ideations (62%). AUD suicidal ideation was more among persons belong to below poverty line, lower education level, unemployed, married, living with family of origin, nuclear family, urban, using tobacco. Their mean age was 35 years (±6.6). Majority (62%) of them had suicidal ideation in the past one month, 43% reported having thought to kill themselves over the past one month. One-third (35%) able to control suicidal thought with lot of difficulty, 83% reported that deterrents stopped them attempting suicide, 82%wanted to end their life to end or stop the pain that they are enduring.
The prevalence of suicidal ideations is high among persons with alcohol use disorder. Socio-demographic factors likely to have an influence on suicidal ideation among persons with alcohol use disorder.
自杀是全球公共卫生面临的重大威胁。有证据表明酒精使用障碍（AUD）与自杀意念有关。在印度，针对接受酒精依赖住院治疗的个体的自杀意念研究较少。
评估酒精使用障碍患者的自杀意念及其严重程度。
采用横断面研究设计。在班加罗尔的三级护理教学医院的成瘾医学中心，根据纳入和排除标准，使用连续抽样技术对47名接受住院治疗的酒精使用障碍患者进行自杀意念筛查。使用访谈提纲收集数据。工具：Mini+自杀倾向量表用于筛查自杀意念，哥伦比亚自杀严重程度评定量表用于评估自杀意念的频率和严重程度。数据分析使用频率、百分比、均值等描述性统计方法。
47名患者中，29名报告有自杀意念（62%）。酒精使用障碍患者的自杀意念在以下人群中更为常见：贫困线以下、教育程度较低、失业、已婚、与原生家庭共同生活、核心家庭、城市居民、使用烟草者。他们的平均年龄为35岁（±6.6）。其中大多数（62%）在过去一个月有自杀意念，43%报告在过去一个月曾想过自杀。三分之一（35%）的人很难控制自杀念头，83%报告说有阻碍因素阻止他们自杀，82%想结束生命以结束或停止他们正在忍受的痛苦。
酒精使用障碍患者中自杀意念的患病率很高。社会人口学因素可能会影响酒精使用障碍患者的自杀意念。
