How much self-poisoning attempts are visible in Iran?

Authors

  • Mehdi Moradinazar Modeling in Health Research Center, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
  • Farid Najafi Research Center for Environmental Determinants of Health (ECEDH), School of Public Health, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.
  • Mohammad Reza Baneshi Modeling in Health Research Center, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
  • Ali Akbar Haghdoost Modeling in Health Research Center, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5249/jivr.v10i2.914

Keywords:

Visibility, Self-poisoning, Suicide attempts (SA).

Abstract

Abstract:

Background: Stigma of suicide attempt (SA) results in not asking friends and relatives for help. Others’ awareness of an individual’s SA sometimes can solve his/her problems and reduce rates of SA. This study is intended to examine the degree of SA visibility through deliberate self-poisoning (DSP), which is the most common method of SA in Iran.

Methods: In order to study visibility, all individuals who had attempted to suicide by DSP and had been referred to the western Iran poisoning center during April-June, 2016 were entered to the study. A female and a male interviewer experienced in role-plaing were recruited to interview clients, each with clients of their own gender, in order to increase compliance and information accuracy. Multivariate Poisson Regression was used to identify visibility determinants.

Results: Among 100 subjects interviewed, 10 denied SA. Regardless of those denying SA, self-poisoning visibility factor (SVF) was 26.6% (21.7-31.5) which decreased to 23.9% (19.7-28.1) after considering those individuals who denied SA. The highest values of SVF were observed in subjects poisoned by toxins, alcohol and illegal drugs, respectively. In the multivariate model, the value of SVF increased with an increase in age (IRR=1.03, 95% CI: 1.02-1.04), having history of SA (IRR=1.18, 95% CI: 1.07-1.30), and being married (IRR=1.70, 95% CI: 1.05-1.29).

Conclusions: Lower values of SVF of DSP indicate that individuals committing suicide do not ask others for help and saying their SA intents. The higher the degree of visibility, the lower the rates of committing and repeating SAs. To increase the visibility of SA, therefore, the one way is to prevent and reduce SA repetition.

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Published

2018-07-02

How to Cite

Moradinazar, M., Najafi, F., Baneshi, M. R., & Haghdoost, A. A. (2018). How much self-poisoning attempts are visible in Iran?. Journal of Injury and Violence Research, 10(2), 97–103. https://doi.org/10.5249/jivr.v10i2.914

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 2 (2018): JULY

Section

Original Research Article

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