STUDY OF IMPULSIVITY AND SUICIDE INTENT IN ATTEMPTED SUICIDE PATIENTS
Journal Title: Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 6, Issue 90
Abstract
BACKGROUND Suicide is one of the leading cause of death, both in developing and developed countries. Nowadays suicidal behaviour has been recognised as an increasing public health problem. The aim of this study is to study the impulsivity and suicidal intent in suicide attempters. The objectives of this study are1. To assess the impulsivity in suicide attempters. 2. To evaluate the suicide intent among the attempters. 3. To identify the relationship between impulsivity and intent among suicide attempters. Setting- Study was done in Department of Psychiatry, Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Hospital attached to KAPV Government Medical College, Trichy. Design- This is a cross-sectional observational study. MATERIALS AND METHODS One hundred suicide attempters above the age of 18, attending Department of Psychiatry were included in the study. Kuppuswamy’s revised socioeconomic status scale, Barratt Impulsiveness Scale (BIS-II) and Beck’s suicide intent scale were administered for study population. Statistical Analysis- Data were analysed using appropriate statistical methods such as ANOVA, Chi-Square test and Pearson correlation coefficient. RESULTS Among one hundred study population, almost equal percentage of male and female were present and majority were less than age of 45 years. In this study, statistically significant association between persons with family history of mental illness and suicidal intent and impulsivity were made out. Family history of suicide attempt did not show significant association neither to suicidal intent nor to impulsivity. Religious status had significant association with suicidal impulsivity. CONCLUSION Even though there is a difference among suicide attempters, there is significant difference among various impulsivity factors between gender. Socio-demographic factors except religion revealed no correlation for impulsivity and suicidal intent.
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NiranjanaDevi A, Muralitharan R
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