@article{ref1,
title="A study on attempted suicide, its clinical and socio-demographic variables in a tertiary level hospital of Ahmedabad",
journal="International journal of current research and review",
year="2014",
author="Parikh, Nimesh and Sharma, Prateek and Gandhi, Hitendra and Banwari, Girish",
volume="6",
number="10",
pages="57-63",
abstract="Background and Objective: Suicide attempt is one of the top five causes of acute admissions inhospitals and the area is scantily explored. This study aims to identify the socio-demographic and clinical variables in patients of attempted suicide in a tertiary level hospital of Ahmedabad. <br><br>METHOD: After IRB approval, we approached the patientsof attempted suicide inpsychiatry OPD over a period of 3 months; demographic details were obtained from the consenting patients. They were then analyzed for presence ofmental illness in an interview based on DSM-IV TR andevident stressors. Beck's Suicidal Intent Scale was applied on each study patient to know the severity of intent. The results were analyzed by spss v.20. <br><br>RESULTS: 78 out of 115 cases approached, consented to be a part of this study of which 56.4%werefemales.66.6%patients were less than 30 years of age, 84.6% were less than 12th standard educated, 74.3% were single and 87.5% of the unemployed patients, were housewives. In our study, 93.6% of suicide attempters had underlying psychiatric illnesses. 53.8% were diagnosed to have adjustment disorder. 65% of the patients having serious suicidal intent, were females. <br><br>CONCLUSION: In our study, patients who are housewives (p=0.000); age <30 years; <12th standard education; nuclear family setup are variables that were clearly seen in majority of cases attempting suicide. Adjustment disorder was the most frequently observed diagnosis (p=0.028) in patients and female patients were found to have a more serious intent to die (p=0.025). Key words: Suicide attempt, adjustment disorder, Ahmedabad<p />",
language="en",
issn="2231-2196",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}