Citation

Sharif Nia H, Heidari M, Naghavi N, Lehto RH, Haghdoost AA, Jafari-Koulaee A, Matbue YH, Yaghoobzadeh A, Goudarzian AH, Sharif SP. Omega (Westport) 2020; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2020, Sage Publications)

DOI

10.1177/0030222820966934

PMID

33106088

Abstract

This review study fills an important gap by aiming to determine the age changes in attempted and completed suicide in Iran during the past decade. A systematic review of related articles in international and Iranian databases from January 2008 to January 2020 was first conducted and relevant studies were extracted based on established criteria.

RESULTS showed that the mean age of suicide in Iran is 29.8 (range 27.7 - 31.8) years old for men and 27.4 (range 25.8 - 28.9) for women (P < 0.0001). The youngest and oldest populations of completed suicide belong to eastern and central regions of the country respectively.

FINDINGS imply the critical importance of increasing awareness through educational programs and public health campaigns to increase awareness and reduce suicidal behavior in Iran.

Language: en

Keywords

Iran; systematic review; suicide; meta-analysis; suicidal age