Hongo Takashi, Yumoto Tetsuya, Jinno Shunta, Yamamura Yuka, Obara Takafumi, Nojima Tsuyoshi, Tsukahara Kohei, Naito Hiromichi, Yorifuji Takashi, Nakao Atsunori
Okayama University Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Emergency, Critical Care, and Disaster Medicine, 2-5-1 Shikata, Kita, Okayama 700-8558, Japan.
Okayama University Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Epidemiology, 2-5-1 Shikata, Kita, Okayama 700-8558, Japan.
Resusc Plus. 2025 Mar 4;22:100923. doi: 10.1016/j.resplu.2025.100923. eCollection 2025 Mar.
BACKGROUND: Suicide-related out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is characterized by extremely low survival rates and represents a considerable global public health concern. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence, characteristics, and outcomes of suicide-related OHCA. METHODS: This multicenter, retrospective cohort study is an analysis of data collected from the JAPAN Registry of Self-harm and Suicide Attempts. Patients were divided into two groups, the OHCA group and the non-OHCA group. The primary outcome was death at 30 days. RESULTS: Among 1,960 self-harm and suicide attempts patients, 213 patients (10.9 %) were assigned to the OHCA group and 1,747 (89.1%) were in the non-OHCA group.Patients in the OHCA group were older (44 vs. 33 years old, < 0.001), and the OHCA group had a higher proportion of males compared to the non-OHCA group (122 [57.3%] vs. 604 [34.6%], < 0.001). Despite missing and unknown data, lower proportions of psychiatric consultation history (54 [30.8%] vs. 1177 [70.5%], < 0.001), psychiatric hospitalization history (9 [5.1%] vs. 386 [23.1%], < 0.001), and previous suicide attempts (16 [9.2%] vs. 807 [48.4%], < 0.001) were observed in the OHCA group. Risk of death at 30 days was significantly higher in the OHCA group (200 [93.9%] vs. 31 [1.8%], < 0.001). CONCLUSION: Suicide-related OHCA was rare and associated with poorer prognosis compared to patients without OHCA. It was more common in middle-aged men without a history of psychiatric care or prior suicide attempts, although the study was limited by missing data.
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