Impact of COVID-19 on suicidal attempts identified by face-to-face interviews

IF 1 4区医学 Q3 EMERGENCY MEDICINE

Signa Vitae Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI:10.22514/sv.2023.088

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Abstract

Epidemics of infectious diseases, such as the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, have various psychiatric effects. These psychiatric problems are affected not only by the fear of infectious diseases, but also by economic and social changes following the epidemic. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of COVID-19 pandemic on their suicide attempts through face-to-face interview records of suicide attempt patients who came to the emergency department (ED). This single-center, retrospective observational study was conducted with suicide attempt patients who visited ED from February 2020 to January 2021, who underwent a face-to-face interview with a psychiatrist. The patients were classified as a COVID-19 related group if they clearly mentioned a causal relationship between the COVID-19 pandemic and suicide attempts in the interview record, and a non-related group if they did not. A total of 502 patients were included, of which 90 were classified as a COVID-19 related group. As a result of comparing the demographic characteristics between the two groups, there were more patients who were employers by occupation and patients without a psychiatric history in the COVID-19 related group compared to the non-related group. There were various differences in motives for suicide attempt between the two groups, and unemployment, financial difficulty, and loneliness were statistically significantly higher in the COVID-19 related group than in the non-related group. The number of COVID-19 related groups increased toward the late period, but there was no statistically significant difference in suicide attempt motives. In conclusion, the COVID-19 pandemic has had a variety of effects on suicide attempt patients and also affects suicide attempts in patients with no psychiatric history. As motives for suicide attempts by the COVID-19 related group, unemployment, financial difficulty, and loneliness showed statistically significant results.

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通过面对面访谈确定COVID-19对自杀企图的影响

传染病的流行，如2019冠状病毒病(COVID-19)大流行，具有各种精神病学影响。这些精神问题不仅受到对传染病的恐惧的影响，而且受到流行病之后的经济和社会变化的影响。本研究旨在通过对来急诊科(ED)就诊的自杀未遂患者的面对面访谈记录，探讨COVID-19大流行对其自杀企图的影响。这项单中心、回顾性观察性研究对2020年2月至2021年1月期间就诊于急诊科的自杀未遂患者进行了研究，这些患者接受了精神科医生的面对面访谈。如果患者在访谈记录中明确提到COVID-19大流行与自杀企图之间的因果关系，则将其归类为COVID-19相关组，如果没有明确提到COVID-19大流行与自杀企图之间的因果关系，则将其归类为非相关组。共纳入502例患者，其中90例为COVID-19相关组。比较两组的人口学特征，与非相关组相比，COVID-19相关组中按职业分类的雇主和无精神病史的患者更多。两组之间的自杀动机存在各种差异，与COVID-19相关组的失业、经济困难和孤独感在统计上显著高于非相关组。与COVID-19相关的群体数量在后期增加，但自杀动机没有统计学上的显着差异。总之，COVID-19大流行对自杀未遂患者产生了多种影响，也影响了无精神病史患者的自杀企图。失业、经济困难和孤独是新冠肺炎相关人群自杀动机的统计显著性结果。

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Signa Vitae 医学-急救医学

CiteScore

1.30

自引率

9.10%

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审稿时长

3 months

期刊介绍： Signa Vitae is a completely open-access，peer-reviewed journal dedicate to deliver the leading edge research in anaesthesia, intensive care and emergency medicine to publics. The journal’s intention is to be practice-oriented, so we focus on the clinical practice and fundamental understanding of adult, pediatric and neonatal intensive care, as well as anesthesia and emergency medicine. Although Signa Vitae is primarily a clinical journal, we welcome submissions of basic science papers if the authors can demonstrate their clinical relevance. The Signa Vitae journal encourages scientists and academicians all around the world to share their original writings in the form of original research, review, mini-review, systematic review, short communication, case report, letter to the editor, commentary, rapid report, news and views, as well as meeting report. Full texts of all published articles, can be downloaded for free from our web site.