2012, Number 1
Risk factors of attempted suicide in adolescents with this behavior.
Acosta GA, Milian MM, Viña PH
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ABSTRACT
Suicide is a major health problem, a real man ´s existential drama, recognized since the antiquity. An analytic case – control and retrospective study was conducted to determine some of the risk factors of attempted suicide in adolescents treated at Integrated Care Center for Adolescents in the period 2005-2009 in Artemisa municipality. 64 cases of attempted suicide were considered, study group and 64 not attempted suicide, control group. Historical-logical method and the empiric one allowed to look up the patients´ medical records and obtained the need information to create a database using the statistical package Medcalc, that allowed to create tables and graphics. Probability, chi - square and Odds ratio allowed the calculus of the significant differences between the two groups. The risk factors of attempted suicide in the study were: family psyquiatric histories(p < 0,05; OR: 2,94; P: 74,61 %), family relations(p < 0,05; OR: 2,137; P: 68,12 %),family dynamics(p < 0,05; OR: 2,290; P: 71,56 %) and depression (p < 0,05; OR: 2,142; P: 68,17 %). Early identification of risk factors of attempted suicide, is a clear need to establish a prevention program for decreasing this risk in adolescents.