Effects of Anxiety Sensitivity Index-3 on Suicide Risk Assessment

Volume: 15 Number: 3 March 12, 2015
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Effects of Anxiety Sensitivity Index-3 on Suicide Risk Assessment

Abstract

Objectives: According to the common view, there is no adequate information in psychiatry literature about the connection between on  one side “anxiety sensitivity” indicating an intrinsic anxiety tendency or a personality trait and on the other side suicide. This study is planned based on the hypothesis whether higher anxiety sensitivity is a preventive factor in terms of suicide.

Materials and Methods:  The study comprises of two groups: one consisting of 31 patients with unipolar depression diagnosis according to DSM-IV-TR, who have never attempted and still had no thought of suicide and the  other consisting of 28 patients resorted to Ankara Atatürk Training and Research Hospital psychiatry outpatient department or Ankara Atatürk Training and Research Hospital emergency service upon attempting suicide. Anxiety Sensitivity Index-3 (ASI), Suicide Probability  Scale (SPS), Beck Depression  Inventory  (BDI), and Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) are conducted for the patients after receiving their informed consents. In addition, three sub-scales of Anxiety Sensitivity Index-3 -social, cognitive and physical- are investigated with individual scoring.

Results: There were 28 patients in the depression group with suicide history (group 1) and 31 patients in the depression group without suicide history (group 2). No difference associated with age, education, gender and marital status is detected. The difference with respect to total point of anxiety sensitivity index(Mgroup1 = 27.2 ± 16.9, Mgroup2 = 35.9 ± 15.2, t = 2.045, p = 0.045), scores of “physical” sub-scale (Mdngroup1  = 5.5, Mdngroup2 = 10, Z = -1.989, p = 0.047) and total points of Beck Depression Inventory between groups is  considered significant. No statistically significant intergroup difference is detected in total points of ASI-3’s social and cognitive sub-scales, BAI and SPS.

Conclusion: As ASI-3 is a scale measurable in a short time for evaluating  the  suicide  risk in  depression patients, it can be suggested hereby that ASI-3 can be helpful for clinical use.

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March 12, 2015

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March 12, 2015

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Year 2015 Volume: 15 Number: 3

APA
Can, S., Karakas Ugurlu, G., Atagun, M., Ulusoy Kaymak, S., Ugurlu, M., Yenilmez, D., & Caykoylu, A. (2015). Effects of Anxiety Sensitivity Index-3 on Suicide Risk Assessment. Ankara Medical Journal, 15(3). https://doi.org/10.17098/amj.59420
AMA
1.Can S, Karakas Ugurlu G, Atagun M, et al. Effects of Anxiety Sensitivity Index-3 on Suicide Risk Assessment. Ankara Med J. 2015;15(3). doi:10.17098/amj.59420
Chicago
Can, Serdar, Gorkem Karakas Ugurlu, Murat Atagun, et al. 2015. “Effects of Anxiety Sensitivity Index-3 on Suicide Risk Assessment”. Ankara Medical Journal 15 (3). https://doi.org/10.17098/amj.59420.
EndNote
Can S, Karakas Ugurlu G, Atagun M, Ulusoy Kaymak S, Ugurlu M, Yenilmez D, Caykoylu A (August 1, 2015) Effects of Anxiety Sensitivity Index-3 on Suicide Risk Assessment. Ankara Medical Journal 15 3
IEEE
[1]S. Can et al., “Effects of Anxiety Sensitivity Index-3 on Suicide Risk Assessment”, Ankara Med J, vol. 15, no. 3, Aug. 2015, doi: 10.17098/amj.59420.
ISNAD
Can, Serdar - Karakas Ugurlu, Gorkem - Atagun, Murat - Ulusoy Kaymak, Semra - Ugurlu, Mustafa - Yenilmez, Dicle - Caykoylu, Ali. “Effects of Anxiety Sensitivity Index-3 on Suicide Risk Assessment”. Ankara Medical Journal 15/3 (August 1, 2015). https://doi.org/10.17098/amj.59420.
JAMA
1.Can S, Karakas Ugurlu G, Atagun M, Ulusoy Kaymak S, Ugurlu M, Yenilmez D, Caykoylu A. Effects of Anxiety Sensitivity Index-3 on Suicide Risk Assessment. Ankara Med J. 2015;15. doi:10.17098/amj.59420.
MLA
Can, Serdar, et al. “Effects of Anxiety Sensitivity Index-3 on Suicide Risk Assessment”. Ankara Medical Journal, vol. 15, no. 3, Aug. 2015, doi:10.17098/amj.59420.
Vancouver
1.Serdar Can, Gorkem Karakas Ugurlu, Murat Atagun, Semra Ulusoy Kaymak, Mustafa Ugurlu, Dicle Yenilmez, Ali Caykoylu. Effects of Anxiety Sensitivity Index-3 on Suicide Risk Assessment. Ankara Med J. 2015 Aug. 1;15(3). doi:10.17098/amj.59420

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