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Evaluatıon Of Suıcıde Cases Applıed To Emergency Servıce
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Original Article
VOLUME: 53 ISSUE: 2
P: 281-287
2020

Evaluatıon Of Suıcıde Cases Applıed To Emergency Servıce

Acta Haematol Oncol Turc 2020;53(2):281-287
DOI: 10.5505/aot.2020.63308
Ömer Canpolat 1
İbrahim Yıldırım 2
Hüseyin Kafadar 3
Mustafa Demir 4
1. Elazig Fethi Sekin City Hospital Emergency Department. Turkey
2. Abdurrahman Yurtaslan Oncology Training and Research Hospital. Nephrology AD. Ankara Turkey.
3. Adıyaman University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Forensic Medicine. Adiyaman Turkey.
4. Fırat University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Nephrology. Elazig Turkey.
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Received Date: 2020-05-28T11:34:39
Accepted Date: 2020-09-04T11:03:15
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Abstract

INTRODUCTION

The aim of this study was to evaluate cases with suicide attempts in the emergency department and to determine risk factors for suicides in these patients.

METHODS

The study was performed retrospectively with the data of suicide patients who applied to the emergency department between January-December 2018. These cases’ data were evaluated in terms of marital status, education, age, gender, economic reasons, social characteristics, family incompatibility, psychiatric diagnosis and treatment processes. Moreover, suicide methods and etiology were recorded.

RESULTS

In our study, of the 246 cases, 69.5% were female and 30.5% were male. 93.9% of patients attempted suicide by taking a drug or toxic substance. In 19.5% of these patients, there was a suicide attempt previously. 93.9% of the suicide cases were consulted by a psychiatrist. There was a significant relationship between psychiatric treatment and suicide attempts (p<0.001). 54.2% of the patients with a suicide attempt previously had received psychiatric treatment. According to the frequency distribution of suicide event, June was the most attempted month (11% of patients) and autumn was the most attempted season (%25 of patients). It was observed that 45.9% of the suicide attempts were in the daytime hours.

DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION

The most commonly used method in suicide attempts is drug and toxic substances. Storing such substances in a safer environment will make it difficult for people with suicidal tendencies to access these substances. Suicide attempts are seen more in women than in men and in the young than in the elderly. So, we believe that increased measures for these people with suicidal tendencies will reduce suicide events.