2020, Number 3
Suicide attempt pediatric age, a current health problem
Language: Spanish
References: 20
Page: 288-298
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ABSTRACT
Introduction: Suicide behavior is a fact with multifactorial causes and an important increasing serious public health problem worldwide.Objective: To describe the clinical and epidemiologic characteristics in children and adolescents admitted because of suicide attempt.
Methods: A descriptive cross sectional study was carried out in children and adolescents admitted because of suicide attempt at “Piti Fajardo” Maternity-Infant Hospital in Güines, Mayabeque province, from January, 2018 to December, 2019, to describe the variables: age and sex, predisposing factors, precipitating conflicts of the suicide behavior, the used method, lethality, seriousness and danger of the circumstances according to psychological valuation.
Results: The 50.9 % of the children admitted because of suicide attempt were from the 13 to 15 age group, and the 85.1 % of the female sex, depression and family conflicts were the most frequent risk factors (39.5 % y 50.9 % respectively). The 71.6 % used ingestion of psycho-drugs, 54.4 % with no lethal risk, the 45.6 % with little seriousness in the intention and with no critical conditions the 47.4%.
Conclusions: Suicide attempt prevails the 13 to 15 age group, the female sex; depression and family conflicts were the most frequent risk factors. The most used method is the ingestion of psycho-drugs, with no lethal risk, little seriousness in the intention and with no critical conditions.
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