Profile of Patients Admitted in a Tertiary Government Hospital From January 2021 to December 2021 for a Suicide Attempt
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In-patient records, prevalence of patients, suicide attempt, socio-demographic profileAbstract
This study employed the descriptive retrospective cross-sectional design. Chart review was done on all patients referred to the Department of Psychiatry for an attempted suicide. A master data sheet contained the following patient’s data: sex, age, marital status, area of residence, employment status, educational attainment, prior contact with mental health services, previous psychiatric condition, and their corresponding psychiatric and non-psychiatric conditions. A total of 40 patient charts were examined for this study. Seventy percent of the patients were male, 40% belonged to the 19 to 30-year-old age group, and 62.5% were single, separated, or widowed. The highest number of suicide attempters came from Cebu City (27.5%) and were unemployed (67.5%), while 29.0% only reached an elementary level education. The majority of the patients (77.5%) did not have prior contact with mental health services and were not known to have a previous psychiatric condition. In this study population, the most frequent diagnosis, seen in 75%, was collectively reported as depressive disorders. The prominent socio-demographic profile for this study population were males, within the 19- to 30-year-old age group, single, separated or widowed, living in an urban area, with no employment, and some elementary education. Most of them did not have prior contact with mental health services nor were given a previous psychiatric diagnosis but were eventually noted to have a psychiatric condition after being referred to the Department of Psychiatry for a suicide attempt. This study reminds health professionals to be vigilant with patients in crisis having the risk factors identified in this study.
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