TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - The effects of sunshine duration and ambient temperature on suicides in Hungary
JO  - Neuropsychopharmacologia Hungarica
A1  - Bozsonyi, Karoly
A1  - Lester, David
A1  - Fülöp, Andrea
A1  - Zonda, Tamas
A1  - Balint, Lajos
SP  - 23
EP  - 28
VL  - 22
IS  - 1
N2  - BACKGROUND: A couple of studies suggest that sunshine duration and ambient temperature contribute to suicide. Few studies have happened in East-Central European area. <br><br>OBJECTIVE: We scrutinized the daily suicide rates and other measured meteorological parameters spanning from 1971 to 2013 in the region of Hungary exhibiting the highest suicide rate. <br><br>METHODS: The meteorological parameters measured in the area signified the independent variables of the statistical model, while the observed suicide rate connoted the dependent variable. Dynamic Regression, a time series analytical method was employed for creating the model. <br><br>RESULTS: Three meteorological parameters displayed a weak, yet statistically significant relationship with suicide rates. 1/ Daily sunshine duration has shown an immediate, significant positive correlation, 2/ daily changes in temperature at ground level also exhibited a significant relationship, albeit it followed a complex transient profile overarching three days. Tropopause height was also significant in the model: an immediate positive effect was followed by a negative effect six days later. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: We estimated consistent and immediate positive associations between daily suicide and daily change of elevated ambient temperature and duration of sunshine in a high rated area of Hungary.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1419-8711
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -