Factores de riesgo asociados al suicidio e intento de suicidio / Risk factors associated to the suicide and attempt of suicide

RESUMEN

Objetivo: Identificar los factores de riesgos asociados en la población de suicidas (consumados y noconsumados) en Barranquilla (Colombia) durante 1999-2000. Métodos: Estudio de casos y controles incidentes. 60 casos y 56 controles no apareados. Los casos suicidios, proceden del registro departamental de necropsia del Instituto de Medicina Legal y Ciencias Forenses y los intentos de suicidio proceden de dos hospitales de referencia del área metropolitana de la ciudad Universitario de Barranquilla y Metropolitano. Los controles corresponden a población general y a personas que acudieron a estos hospitales al servicio de consulta externa, exceptuando consultantes a los servicios de psiquiatría y psicología. Conclusiones: La ansiedad, la depresión, la presencia de enfermedades crónicas y la hospitalización son factores de riesgo del suicidio en Barranquilla.

ABSTRACT

Objective: To determine the risk factors associated to suicide and suicide intention at Barranquilla, city Colombia for the period 1999-2000.Participants and Methods: cases-controls unmatched (cases incident) study with 60 cases and 56 unmatched controls. The cases suicides cases come from the departamental registers of necropsy of the Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Science, and suicide intentions proceed from to hospitals relating to metropolitan area of the city Universitario de Barranquilla and Metropolitano. The controls correspond to general population and the people who attend consulting rooms in general medicine program, excepting psicological and psiquiatrical services. Information was collected by doing personal interviews to indentify sociodemograhical characteristics, behaviour disorder and pshiquiatrical pathology.To determine the truthfulness of the information coming from relatives of persons who committed suicide, they used psicologycal autopsy to determine and validate behaviour disorders and pshiquiatrical pathology. Measurements and Results: The behaviour disorders associa...