Prevalencia de intento de suicidio adolescente y factores de riesgo asociados en una comuna rural de la provincia de Concepción / Suicide attempts among Chilean adolescents
Rev. méd. Chile
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143(3): 320-328, mar. 2015. tab
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in Spanish
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ABSTRACT
Background:
Suicide mortality rates are increasing among teenagers.Aim:
To study the prevalence and predictive factors of suicide attempts among Chilean adolescents. Material andMethods:
A random sample of 195 teenagers aged 16 ± 1 years (53% males) answered an anonymous survey about their demographic features, substance abuse, the Osaka suicidal ideation questionnaire, Smilksten familial Apgar. Beck hopelessness scale, Beck depression scale and Coppersmith self-esteem inventory.Results:
Twenty five percent of respondents had attempted suicide at least in one occasion during their lives. These attempts were significantly associated with female gender, absent parents, family dysfunction, drug abuse, smoking, low self-esteem, hopelessness, depression and recent suicidal ideation. A logistic regression analysis accepted female gender, smoking and recent suicidal ideation as significant independent predictors of suicide attempt.Conclusions:
Suicide attempted is common among teenagers and its predictors are female sex, smoking and previous suicidal ideation.
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LILACS (Americas)
Main subject:
Ethanol
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Aldehyde Dehydrogenase
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Embryo, Mammalian
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Fanconi Anemia Complementation Group A Protein
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Fanconi Anemia
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Acetaldehyde
Type of study:
Prevalence study
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Prognostic study
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Risk factors
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Screening study
Limits:
Animals
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Female
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Humans
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Pregnancy
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Chile
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Rev. méd. Chile
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
2015
Type:
Article
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Project document
Affiliation country:
Chile
Institution/Affiliation country:
Universidad de Concepción/CL
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