A CORRELATIONAL STUDY OF HOPELESSNESS AND SUICIDAL INTENT IN PATIENTS PRESENTING TO ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT OF A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL AFTER ATTEMPTED SUICIDE
Keywords:
deliberate self-harm, suicide attempt, hopelessness, tertiary care hospitalAbstract
Abstract
Objectives:The aim of the study was to evaluate the sociodemographic data and mode of attempt, hopelessness and suicide intent in suicide attempted patients presented to A&E in tertiary care hospital, Peshawar, Pakistan.
Material and Methods:
A prospective study of 6-month duration was done in tertiary care hospital. Patients with deliberate self-harm and attempted suicide who presented to A&E were included in the study. Those who fulfilled the criteria were evaluated by usingBeck Hopelessness Scale, and Beck Suicidal Intent Scale along with a semi structured proforma for interview. Data were analyzed with statistical tests and psychiatric diagnosis was made by using ICD-10.
Results:
In the planned period of 6-months span, 102 patients were assessed. Women (64%), less than 45 years of age were (74%). 26% had a family history of suicide. 31% have attempted in the past. 71% have attempted through organophosphorus. 39% had psychiatric morbidity. Depression was the major comorbidity. 55% of suicidal attempts have resulted from Dysfunctional family living. Most of the patients had mild (34%) and moderate (40%) degrees of hopelessness, and the mean score was 9.64. The mean suicidal intent in the participants was 25.14, when correlated with hopelessness score, significant positive correlation was found.
Conclusion:
Lethality of the attempt increases with the severity of hopelessness.Furthermore, identifying and treating the underlying psychiatric condition such as depression and hopelessness is an immediate need.
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
All articles published in the Journal of Medical Sciences (JMS) are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC-BY 4.0). Under the CC BY 4.0 license, author(s) retain the ownership of the copyright publishing rights without restrictions for their content, and allow others to copy, use, print, share, modify, and distribute the content of the article even for commercial purposes as long as the original authors and the journal are properly cited. No permission is required from the author/s or the publishers for this purpose. Appropriate attribution can be provided by simply citing the original article. The corresponding author has the right to grant on behalf of all authors, a worldwide license to JMS and its licensees in all forms, formats, and media (whether known now or created in the future), The corresponding author must certify and warrant the authorship and proprietorship and should declare that he/she has not granted or assigned any of the article’s rights to any other person or body.
The corresponding author must compensate the journal for any costs, expenses, or damages that the JMS may incur as a result of any breach of these warranties including any intentional or unintentional errors, omissions, copyright issues, or plagiarism. The editorial office must be notified upon submission if an article contains materials like text, pictures, tables, or graphs from other copyrighted sources. The JMS reserves the right to remove any images, figures, tables, or other content, from any article, whether before or after publication, if concerns are raised about copyright, license, or permissions and the authors are unable to provide documentation confirming that appropriate permissions were obtained for publication of the content in question.
