Risk Factors for Serious Suicide Attempts

Objective: Suicide attempts of the older adults are known to be more serious than that of the younger adults. Despite its major social impact in South Korea, the behavioral mechanism of serious suicide attempt (SSA) in old people remains to be elucidated. Thus, we investigated the risk factors for SSA in older and younger suicide attempters in the emergency department. Methods: Demographic data, clinical information, and the level of seriousness of suicide with Risk Rescue Rating Scale were compared between older (age ≥65) and younger (age Results: Among 370 patients, 37 were older adults (10%; aged 74.41 ± 6.78), more likely to have another medical disease ( p p = 0.023). In the younger group, old age ( B = 0.090, p B = -0.038, p = 0.019), and impression of schizophrenia ( B = 0.074, p = 0.027) were associated with a higher risk-rescue ratio and interpersonal stress condition was associated with a lower risk-rescue ratio ( B = -0.045, p = 0.006). In the older group, however, no variables were included significant in the regression model for the Risk Rescue Rating Scale. Conclusions: Demographic and clinical factors such as old age, male sex, interpersonal stress, and impression of schizophrenia were associated with lethality in the younger suicide attempters. However, no factors were associated with SSA in the older adult group. Different mechanisms may underly the lethality in old age suicide

Emergency department · Logistic regression · Medical emergency · Poison control · Psychiatry · Seriousness · Suicide prevention · Clinical Psychology · Demography · Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse · Medicine · Mental Health Treatment and Access · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies · Gerontology · Internal Medicine

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