Epidemiology of Self-Immolation in the North-West of Iran

What is missed in self‐immolated patients' care?: a grounded theory study

“…While suicide by self‐immolation is very rare in the developed world (Dastgiri et al . ), it is more frequent in low and middle income countries, especially of Asia and Africa (Ahmadi et al . ).…”

Survival probability in self immolation attempters: a prospective observational cohort study

“…In similar studies, mostself-immolation cases were carried out by petroleum. [7,19] Our study researchers expected a positive relationship between the caustic agent and survival rate, but as demonstrated in Table 1, there was no meaningful relation between caustic agent and survival rate of self-immolation attempters in the univariate and multivariate analysis.…”

“…[1,2] The method of suicide is different in various countries. [3,4] The most violent method of suicide is self-immolation, [5] which is more prevalent in developing countries [6,7] although the prevalence of suicide is high in developed countries, but ORIGINAL ARTICLE assessed between 2010 and 2011 (24 months). Data were collected with a defined intersectional coordination, from Kermanshah legal medicine organization and also the burn center of Imam Khomeini Hospital, which is the main burn center of the province in seventh medical hub of the country.…”

Burns in Tehran: demographic, etiological, and clinical trends

“…The authors concluded that being a married woman is a risk factor for committing self-immolation. The incidence of self-immolation seems to have been an increasing trend during the past decade (of more than 5 times), especially in the north and northwest of Iran [8].…”