Predictive factors for the medical hospitalisation of patients who visited the emergency department with suicide attempt.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Suicide is a significant public health problem. Individuals are estimated to make up to 20 suicide attempts before suicide. The emergency department (ED) is the first location where individuals are brought after a suicide attempt. This study investigated the factors related to delays in the medical hospitalisation of patients who attempted suicide and aimed to provide criteria for hospitalisation decisions by physicians.

Methods

This study included patients who had deliberately self-harmed (age???19?years) and presented at the EDs of two tertiary teaching hospitals between March 2017 and April 2020. Those for whom relevant demographic and clinical information were unavailable and those admitted to the psychiatric wards were excluded.

Results

This study included 414 patients in the hospitalisation group and 1346 in the discharged group. The mean patient age was 50.3?±?20.0?years and 40.7?±?17.0?years in the hospitalised and discharged groups (p?ConclusionThe level of consciousness and the RRRS of patients who attempted suicide can be the factors to decide medical hospitalisation and reduce ED LOS and crowding.

SUBMITTER: Kim HJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7866662 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature