Demographic status of married females with suicide attempts referred to the emergency department of Sina Hospital in Tabriz-Iran

Salmasi, Shiva; Robai, Navideh; Ebrahimi Bakhtavar, Hanieh; Rahmani, Farzad; Rahmani, Farnaz

doi:10.15171/jept.2017.10

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Research Center of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran

https://doi.org/10.15171/jept.2017.10

Abstract

Objective: According to the definition of World Health Organization (WHO), attempting suicide is an act that a person intentionally and without others’ interference shows an abnormal behavior (such as harming themselves or eating a drug higher than treatment dose) and his objective is realizing his expected changes. The purpose of this study was to investigate the demographic characteristics of married women with suicidal attempt and a variety of methods used to suicide among them who referred to the emergency department of Sina hospital in Tabriz.

Methods: In a cross-sectional study 472 married female patients with suicide attempt who referred to the emergency department of Sina hospital in Tabriz in 2014 entered the study and relevant information was collected. Obtained information was analyzed using SPSS version 17.0.

Results: Findings showed that the most frequent method of suicide was drug use (99.8%). A significant relationship was found between the type of drug used and seasons of the year. The majority of the population (90.5%) lived in urban areas and based on statistical analyses, a significant relationship was found between residency and type of drug used.

Conclusion: According to the results of this study it can be concluded that drug use is the most frequent method of suicide that is done with a higher frequency in summer. Thus, rational prescription of drugs by physicians can be considered as one of the factors that can prevent suicide.

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Main Subjects

Emergency medicine

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Volume 3, Issue 1January 2017Pages 26-29

Volume 3, Issue 1
January 2017
Pages 26-29