Gender differences in suicide attempts: preliminary results of the multisite intervention study on suicidal behavior (SUPRE-MISS) from Campinas, Brazil

Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria

Sabrina Stefanello¹  Carlos Filinto Da Silva Cais¹  Marisa Lúcia Fabrício Mauro¹  Gisleine Vaz Scavacini De Freitas¹  Neury José Botega¹ 

[1] ,Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp) School of Medicine Department of Medical Psychology and PsychiatryCampinas SP ,Brazil

关键词: Suicide;    attempted;    Suicide;    Gender;    Primary prevention;    Mental health;    Tentativa de suicídio;    Suicídio;    Sexo;    Prevenção primária;    Saúde mental;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1516-44462006005000063

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

OBJECTIVE: To identify sociodemographic, psychosocial and clinical differences between men and women who attempted suicide and were seen at a university general hospital. METHOD: This is a non-controlled cross-sectional study, sub-project of the Multisite Intervention Study on Suicidal Behavior by the World Health Organization. A standardized interview that comprised psychometric scales was used. The comparison between genders was made by means of uni and multivariate logistic regression. RESULTS: 210 subjects (68.1% women) participated. Women had worse scores on the WHO Well-Being Index (p = 0.005), the Beck Depression Inventory (p = 0.01) and the Psychiatric Disability Assessment Schedule (p = 0.03). In the multivariate logistic regression, men presented more mental disorders due to alcohol and drug use (26.1% vs 7%, p = 0.02) and used alcohol at the suicide attempt more frequently (28.3% vs 16%, p = 0.03). Men reported that most of the time they had been feeling "active and vigorous" (50% vs 22%, p < 0.001). Women had had more physical and sexual abuse (27% vs 8.7%, p = 0.01). CONCLUSION: There are some distinctive characteristics between men and women who attempt suicide. Such differences may also be present in the general population and suggest there is a need for further studies, as well as the adoption of different strategies in suicide prevention for men and women.

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