Inpatient suicide in a general hospital
Journal
General Hospital Psychiatry
Journal Volume
31
Journal Issue
2
Pages
110-115
Date Issued
2009
Author(s)
MEI-CHIH MEG TSENG
Abstract
Objectives: This study aimed to compare the characteristics of psychiatric and nonpsychiatric suicidal inpatients in one general hospital and examine the predictors of completed suicide in the patients with suicidal acts during hospitalization. Methods: One hundred ten study subjects were identified by the adverse event reports of suicidal acts during hospitalization from 1995 to 2004. Demographic data and clinical information were collected by chart reviews. Results: Psychiatric inpatients with suicidal acts were mainly younger females with psychiatric diagnoses and previous suicide attempts. Nonpsychiatric suicidal inpatients had less suicide communication, performed suicidal acts more rapidly after admission and used more violent suicidal methods than the psychiatric inpatients did. Suicidal acts performed outside the hospital, use of violent suicidal methods and male gender increased the risk of suicide mortality in our suicidal inpatients. Conclusion: This study suggests that suicide prevention efforts need to be tailored in psychiatric and nonpsychiatric wards according to differing patient risk characteristics in these patient cohorts. ? 2009.
Subjects
General hospital; Inpatient; Suicide
SDGs
Other Subjects
adult; article; controlled study; demography; female; general hospital; hospital admission; hospital patient; hospitalization; human; major clinical study; male; medical information; medical record review; mental patient; mortality; sex difference; suicide; suicide attempt; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; Female; Hospitalization; Hospitals, General; Humans; Male; Mental Disorders; Middle Aged; Suicide, Attempted
Type
journal article