Comparison of suicidal tendencies before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in a city in the western region of Turkey

Cengiz Cengisiz; Lut Tamam; Gökhan Dizdar; Ezgi Paşaoğlu; Ertan Yılmaz

doi:10.17826/cumj.1103467

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Türkiye'nin batı bölgesinde bir şehirde COVID-19 pandemisi öncesi ve sırasında intihar eğilimlerinin karşılaştırılması

Öz

Amaç: Bu çalışmada Covid-19 pandemisi erken döneminde Manisa ili tamamlanmış intiharların, pandemi öncesi aynı zaman aralığıyla karşılaştırılması ve pandemiye özgü tamamlanmış intihar trendleri olup olmadığının araştırılması amaçlanmıştır Gereç ve Yöntem: Manisa ilinde Ocak 2019- Şubat 2020 (pandemi öncesi dönem) ile Mart 2020- Haziran 2021 (pandemi dönemi) tarihleri arasındaki tamamlanmış intiharların 165 tanesi çalışmaya kabul edilmiştir. Sosyodemografik ve klinik özellikleri bakımından tamamlanmış intiharlar karşılaştırılmıştır. Bulgular: Pandemi öncesi tamamlanmış intihar sayısının 84, pandemi sonrası tamamlanan intihar sayısının ise 78 olduğu belirlendi. Bulgulara göre pandemi öncesi ve sonrası intihar sayıları arasında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bir fark yoktu. Sosyodemografik bulgulara göre cinsiyet, yaş, meslek, eğitim açısından pandemi öncesi ve sırasında anlamlı bir farklılaşma saptanmadı. Pandemi öncesi ve sonrası tamamlanmış intiharlar arasında medeni durum açısından istatistiksel olarak anlamlı fark bulundu. Pandemi öncesi ve sonrası tamamlanan intiharlar arasında mevsimsel açısından istatistiksel olarak anlamlı fark olduğu belirlendi. Pandemi öncesi ve sonrası tamamlanan intiharlarda yerleşim yeri açısından istatistiksel olarak anlamlı fark olduğu belirlendi. Sonuç: Tamamlanmış intiharların üzerinde pandemi döneminin bir etken olmadığı sonucuna varıldı. Ancak pandemi sonrası dönemde sıklıkla bahar döneminde, evli, eğitim seviyesi düşük, şehir merkezinde ikamet eden, işi olan bireylerde, önceden duygudurum bozukluğu gibi psikiyatrik tanısı olan bireylerde daha çok ası yoluyla tamamlanmış intiharların görülmesi dikkat çekicidir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

covid-19 , pandemi , intihar

Comparison of suicidal tendencies before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in a city in the western region of Turkey

Abstract

Purpose: This study aims to compare the completed suicides in the early period of the COVID-19 pandemic with the completed suicides in the same time interval immediately before the pandemic in the Manisa Province of Turkey and to investigate whether there are pandemic-specific completed suicide trends. Materials and Methods: The study sample consisted of 162 completed suicides that occurred between January 2019 - February 2020 (pre-pandemic period) and March 2020 - June 2021 (pandemic period) in Manisa Province. Completed suicides were compared in terms of sociodemographic and clinical characteristics. Results: The number of completed suicides before and during the pandemic was 84 and 78, respectively. There was no statistically significant difference between the pre-pandemic and pandemic periods in the number of completed suicides. In terms of sociodemographic characteristics, marital status, contrary to gender, age, employment status, and educational level, caused a significant difference in the number of suicides before and during the pandemic period. Additionally, the season when the completed suicide occurred and the type of place of residence of the individuals with completed suicide, caused a significant difference in the number of suicides Conclusion: The study's findings indicated that the pandemic period was not a factor in general in completed suicides. Specifically, however, it is noteworthy that suicide by hanging was more common during the pandemic period, in the spring season, among individuals who were married, employed, resided in urban areas, had a low educational level, and had a history of psychiatric diseases such as mood disorders.

Keywords

pandemic , suicide , COVID-19

Kaynakça

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Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil

İngilizce

Konular

Klinik Tıp Bilimleri

Bölüm

Araştırma Makalesi

Yazarlar

Cengiz Cengisiz ^*
0000-0001-5552-8767
Türkiye

Lut Tamam
0000-0002-9750-7531
Türkiye

Gökhan Dizdar
0000-0002-6167-1997
Türkiye

Ezgi Paşaoğlu
0000-0002-0972-5273
Türkiye

Ertan Yılmaz
0000-0002-9926-9661
Türkiye

Yayımlanma Tarihi

30 Eylül 2022

Gönderilme Tarihi

14 Nisan 2022

Kabul Tarihi

17 Temmuz 2022

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2022 Cilt: 47 Sayı: 3

DOI

https://doi.org/10.17826/cumj.1103467

IZ

https://izlik.org/JA49EL57EE

MLA

Cengisiz, Cengiz, vd. “Comparison of suicidal tendencies before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in a city in the western region of Turkey”. Cukurova Medical Journal, c. 47, sy 3, Eylül 2022, ss. 1095-04, doi:10.17826/cumj.1103467.