{"title":"评估2019冠状病毒病与日本自杀死亡之间的关系。","authors":"Betül Battaloğlu Inanç","doi":"10.26719/2025.31.7.446","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on other aspects of public health and social life are still being studied globally.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>To determine the relationship between COVID-19 and suicide deaths in Türkiye.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This retrospective, descriptive study collected and analysed suicide data for 2019-2023 from the Turkish Statistical Institute to evaluate the causes of the suicide deaths. Chi-square test was used to evaluate the statistical significance of the observed differences. P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Between 2019 and 2023, a total of 19 659 suicide deaths were documented in Türkiye. The number of suicides increased during the period, with the highest increases recorded in 2019/2020 and 2020/2021. The majority of the cases (76.4% of all cases, P < 0.001) were men. Reasons given for the suicide were illness, family incompatibility, economic problems, business failure, emotional relationship and not marrying the desired person, educational failure, and others.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Fear, social isolation, the prevailing situation, and measures taken to control COVID-19 may have contributed to the increases in suicide deaths during the peak pandemic period in Türkiye. 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Chi-square test was used to evaluate the statistical significance of the observed differences. P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Between 2019 and 2023, a total of 19 659 suicide deaths were documented in Türkiye. The number of suicides increased during the period, with the highest increases recorded in 2019/2020 and 2020/2021. The majority of the cases (76.4% of all cases, P < 0.001) were men. Reasons given for the suicide were illness, family incompatibility, economic problems, business failure, emotional relationship and not marrying the desired person, educational failure, and others.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Fear, social isolation, the prevailing situation, and measures taken to control COVID-19 may have contributed to the increases in suicide deaths during the peak pandemic period in Türkiye. 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Evaluating the relationship between COVID-19 and suicide deaths in Türkiye.
Background: The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on other aspects of public health and social life are still being studied globally.
Aim: To determine the relationship between COVID-19 and suicide deaths in Türkiye.
Methods: This retrospective, descriptive study collected and analysed suicide data for 2019-2023 from the Turkish Statistical Institute to evaluate the causes of the suicide deaths. Chi-square test was used to evaluate the statistical significance of the observed differences. P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.
Results: Between 2019 and 2023, a total of 19 659 suicide deaths were documented in Türkiye. The number of suicides increased during the period, with the highest increases recorded in 2019/2020 and 2020/2021. The majority of the cases (76.4% of all cases, P < 0.001) were men. Reasons given for the suicide were illness, family incompatibility, economic problems, business failure, emotional relationship and not marrying the desired person, educational failure, and others.
Conclusion: Fear, social isolation, the prevailing situation, and measures taken to control COVID-19 may have contributed to the increases in suicide deaths during the peak pandemic period in Türkiye. There is a need for strategies to help prevent suicide deaths during health emergencies and pandemics.