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Citation
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Momeninejad M, Sharifi B, Ghaffarian Shirazi HR, Taher Rezanejadi M, Ghafarian Shirazi Y, Saniee F, Ghafarian Shirazi N. Life Sci. J. 2013; 10(Suppl 7): 1097-1101. |
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Abstract
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INTRODUCTION: Nowadays, suicide is one of the main social and mental health problems in the world. It is the third death factor among adolescents and the seventh among the youth. As Iran's population is young, paying attention to the problem is necessary. The objective of the study was epidemiological investigation of suicide and the associating factors in Boyer-Ahmad County. Materials and methodology: In this descriptive-analytical study, all cases of attempting suicide, which were on randomly selected days in one year (2008-2009), were reviewed and finally 157 cases participated in the project. They had turned to the emergency department every week over one year or had been admitted to the hospitals in Yasuj and had been willing to cooperate with the project. Through the use of SPSS statistical software and reporting the central and dispersion indicators, frequency distribution table and chisquare test, the data was analyzed.
FINDINGS: Fifty two percent of the population under study was female and %51 was residing in urban areas. The highest grades of the cases attempting suicide were related to Saturdays and Thursdays with %20 and May. June, February. March with %12. Suicide has been attempted most among the age group of 19-25. Sixty six percent of the injured had attempted suicide by means of drug and poison, %33 through self-immolation and %1 by hanging themselves. Seven percent of the suicide attempters died, %45 was damaged and %48 was physically recovered. The death rate resulting from the use of drug was %1, self-immolation %16 and hanging %100. Self-immolation has been attempted most by the use of petroleum (%87) and then petrol (%13). Mean and standard deviation of treatment duration were 56.1± 2.3. The rate of attempting suicide and its 95% confidence interval was estimated 80.74 (77.73 and 83.75) individuals among females, 50.31 (47.69 and 52.91) among males and 65.04 (62.24 and 67.84) among total population from among one hundred individuals. Death rate resulting from suicide as well was estimated 9.34 (7.44 and 10.24) individuals among females, 5.33 (4.13 and 6.53) among males and 7.34 (5.83 and 8.84) among total population from among one hundred people.
DISCUSSION and conclusion: In the region under study, the rate of attempting suicide and the resulting death is higher than the national average and lower than the rate in Ilam a province in Iran. Comparing with Christian, Buddhist and some Muslim countries like Turkey, these rates are lower, but higher compared with Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the Emirates. Mostly, family conflicts and love failure are the causes of attempting suicide; and appropriate and sustainable solutions are to be reviewed and become operational for prevention and treatment of this health and medical problem.
Language: en |