Abstract

Amaç: İnsan psikolojisi ve davranışı üzerine aydaki değişimlerin etkisi olduğu düşünülerek bir çok araştırma yapılmıştır. Ay, Dünya’ya yakınlığı ve onun synodic (dört fazlı) döngüsünü gözlemlemenin basitliği nedeniyle olağanüstü olaylar veya sapkın davranışlarla ilişkilendirilmiştir. Çalışmamızda, ayın beş farklı evresinin ile yapılan intihar nedenli başvuruların sıklığı üzerindeki etkilerini karşılaştırmayı amaçladık.

Gereç ve Yöntem: İntihar girişimi nedeniyle Ocak 2018 ile Aralık 2018 tarihleri arasında acil servise başvuran hastalar bu çalışmaya dahil edildi. Hasta verileri ayın beş evresine göre analiz edildi.

Bulgular: Çalışmaya 419 hasta dahil edildi. Hastaların 280’i kadın, 139’u erkekti. İntihar girişimleri en sık 18-49 yaş aralığındaydı. Sekondere kazançlı nedenli intihiharlar kadınlarda daha sıktı. Evrelere göre intihar girişim sıklığının sırasıyla, yeni ay, ay tutulması, son çeyrek, ilk çeyrek ve dolunay evrelerinde olduğu tespit edildi (Pearson chi2 (5) = 59.2428 Pr = 0.000). Aynı verileri Cramér’in V testiyle analiz ettiğimizde, 0.2751’in sonucunu aldık, bu, ayin döngüsünün ilerleyişiyle intihar sıklığının arttığı hipotezimizi doğruladı.

Sonuç: Ayın belirli evrelerinde intihar oranlarında artış olduğu tespit edildi.  

Keywords

• intihar girişimi,ayin etkisi,acil tıp

The Effects of Moon Phases on Suicide Attempts

Abstract

Objective: The effects of changes in moon phases on human psychology and behavior have been extensively studied. In our study, we aimed to compare the effect of the five different phases of the moon on the frequency of patients suicidal admissions to the hospital.

Materials and Methods: Patients who presented to emergency department between January 2018 and December 2018 due to attempts of suicide were inclueded. Patients data were analyzed in relation to the new moon, full moon, last quarter moon, first quarter moon and lunar eclipses in the moon calendar. Moon cycles were taken from the moon calendar and the dates when the moon was visible and the exact date of the cycle have been evaluated.

Results: 419 patients included in this study, 280 were female and 139 were male. Suicide attempts is most commonly seen in the 18-49 age range, and it is found that the frequency of suicide due to secondary gain is high in female gender. The most frequent suicide attempts have been found to be the in the new moon, lunar eclipse, last quarter moon, first quarter moon and the full moon, respectively (Pearson chi2(5) = 59.2428 Pr = 0.000). When we analyzed the same data with Cramér’s V test, we got the result of 0.2751, which confirms our hypothesis that the frequency of suicides increased with the advances of lunar cycles.

Conclusion: It was found that during specific phases of the moon the rate of suicide attempts the present to the emergency department had been increased. 

Keywords

• The Effects of Moon phases,suicide,moon effects,emergency medicine

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