A cross-sectional study of non-suicidal self-injury in a Chinese adolescent inpatient cohort

Frontiers in Psychiatry

Psychiatry

Jun Xie¹  Yonghao Tong¹  Ke Sun¹  Anni Li¹  Yichen Li¹  Jun Ma²  Yong Wu³ 

[1] Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Wuhan Mental Health Center, Wuhan, Hubei, China;Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Wuhan Mental Health Center, Wuhan, Hubei, China;Affiliated Wuhan Mental Health Center, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China;Research Center for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Wuhan Mental Health Center, Wuhan, Hubei, China;

关键词: non-suicidal self-injury;    inpatient;    adolescent;    depression;    gender;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1109334

 received in 2022-11-27, accepted in 2023-05-05,  发布年份 2023

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundNon-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is a significant predictor of completed suicide and is increasingly recognized as a serious public health concern. Multiple factors, including social, familial, mental, and genetic factors could influence the occurrence of this behavior. Identifying the early risk factors is important for screening and preventing this behavior.MethodsHere, we recruited a total of 742 adolescent inpatient participants from a mental health center and conducted a series of diagnostic interviews and questionnaires to assess NSSI behavior and other events. Bivariate analysis was used to detect differences between groups in NSSI and non-NSSI. Then, binary logistic regression was fitted to identify predictors of NSSI as a function of these questionnaire scores.ResultsOf the 742 adolescents examined, a total of 382 (51.5%) participants engaged in NSSI. Bivariate analysis showed that age, gender, depression, anxiety, insomnia, and childhood trauma was significantly associated with NSSI. Logistic regression results suggested that females had 2.43 higher odds of engaging in NSSI when compared to their male counterparts (OR = 3.43, 95%CI = 2.09–5.74, p = 1.70 × 10−6). Depression was a primary risk predictor for NSSI with each additional increase in symptoms of depression increasing the odds of engaging in NSSI by 18% (OR = 1.18, 95%CI = 1.12–1.25, p = 2.25 × 10−8).ConclusionMore than half of the adolescent inpatients with psychiatric disorders have NSSI experience. Depression and gender were the risk factors for NSSI. Age at a specific range had a high prevalence of NSSI.

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