Safaie Nilufar, Mirmohammadkhani Majid, Allahgholi Yasaman, Behnam Behnaz, Abdollahi Masoumeh
Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran.
Department of Psychiatry, Kosar Hospital, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran.
J Family Med Prim Care. 2022 Jun;11(6):3084-3088. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_2450_21. Epub 2022 Jun 30.
Suicide is one of the public health challenges which affect the individual, family, and even society. Because of the fact that accurate data collection on suicide attempts in different population areas is necessary, this study was conducted to determine the epidemiological and demographic characteristics of suicidal patients in Semnan, Iran.
The present descriptive-retrospective study was performed on the clinical files of 809 suicidal patients referred to Kowsar Hospital in Semnan during 2015-2018. Using a checklist, biographical information, and marital status, suicide methods, physical diseases, previous psychiatric diseases, causes of suicide, and outcomes of suicide were collected, and then, the data were analyzed using EXCEL software.
Out of 809 subjects, 27% had a history of chronic psychiatric diseases, 1% of the statistical population (12 people) died, and 99% of the people (797 people) survived. The prevalence of suicide attempts was higher among women, single people, housewives, and people in the age group of 18-24 years. Family issues have been cited as the cause of 495 cases (61%) of suicide attempts in our study.
Since suicide attempts are more common among young single women because of family issues, this important issue should be given more attention by health policy makers in Semnan province.
自杀是影响个人、家庭乃至社会的公共卫生挑战之一。鉴于在不同人口区域准确收集自杀未遂数据的必要性，本研究旨在确定伊朗塞姆南自杀患者的流行病学和人口统计学特征。
本描述性回顾性研究对2015 - 2018年间转诊至塞姆南科萨尔医院的809例自杀患者的临床档案进行。使用一份清单收集个人信息、婚姻状况、自杀方式、躯体疾病、既往精神疾病、自杀原因和自杀结局，然后使用EXCEL软件对数据进行分析。
在809名研究对象中，27%有慢性精神疾病史，统计人群中有1%（12人）死亡，99%（797人）存活。自杀未遂在女性、单身者、家庭主妇以及18 - 24岁年龄组人群中更为常见。在我们的研究中，家庭问题被列为495例（61%）自杀未遂的原因。
由于家庭问题导致年轻单身女性自杀未遂更为常见，塞姆南省的卫生政策制定者应更加关注这一重要问题。
