TY - JOUR T1 - Evaluation of Suicide Attempts in Bitlis Province: A Multicenter, Retrospective, Observational Study for 6 years period AU - Kuday Kaykısız, Eylem AU - Güven, Ramazan AU - Katipoğlu, Burak PY - 2019 DA - April Y2 - 2019 JF - Eurasian Journal of Critical Care JO - Eurasian j Crit Care PB - Acil Tıp Uzmanları Derneği WT - DergiPark SN - 2667-8721 SP - 11 EP - 14 VL - 1 IS - 1 LA - en AB - Background:Suicidal behavior, which is defined as ending the life of the individualvoluntarily, is both a personal and social problem with its economic, cultural,social and legal aspects. The increase in suicide attempts in our country isremarkable as in all over the world. The aim of this study was to determine therisk factors by examining the time of suicide attempt and sociodemographiccharacteristics of the patients who admitted to the emergency departments (ED) sufferedfrom the suicide attempt. Material-methods:This retrospective, observational study included data from patients who wereadmitted to the ED for 6-year period between 2013-2018 years. In the study,data of the ED suicide attempt form of 7 public hospitals in the province werescanned and age, gender, marital status, educational status and month and yearof suicide attempt were recorded. Data were recorded in SPSS 22.0 (Armonk, NY:IBM Corp.) programme. Categorical measurements were recorded as number andpercentage, and continuous measurements were recorded as mean and standarddeviation. p <0.05 was accepted as statistically significant.Results:A total of 230 patients were included in the study. 32% (n = 76) of thepatients were admitted to center state hospital; 68% (n = 154) of the patientsadmitted to district state hospitals. 69.5% (n = 160) of the patients werebetween 16-24 years of age. 79.1% (n = 182) of the patients were female and65.2% (n = 150) were single. 42.2% (n = 97) were primary school graduates and10.0% (n = 23) were illiterate. The most common presentation was in 2015 with23.9% (n = 55). Most of the patients included in the study were admitted tohospital in June with 15% (n = 33).Conclusion:It is not always possible to pay attention to the psychosocial aspect of caseswith suicide attempts in crowded ED. 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