Factors associated with anxiety and depression level in patients with a suicide attempt

Abstract

Aim: This study aimed to determine the anxiety and depression levels of the patients who were admitted to the emergency department after a suicide attempt and to conclude whether they could be predicted before the suicide attempt Material and Methods: The study was a cross-sectional descriptive study of 57 patients treated between June 2015 and December 2015. A questionnaire consisting of two parts was prepared for the participants. In the first part, the 8-item survey and in the second part, the Hospital Anxiety and Depression (HAD) Scale, consisting of 14 questions, were used. Results: The scores of the participants were 10.05 ± 4.56 for the anxiety subscale and 9.33 ± 4.57 for the depression subscale. There was a statistically significant difference between the depression subscale scores according to educational status (p <0.05). The depression subscale scores of the participants with a history of alcohol use were significantly higher than those who did not use alcohol (p <0.05). According to the results of correlation analysis between age and anxiety and depression subscale scores, a significant relationship was found between depression and anxiety subscale scores (r = 0.321, p = 0.015). Discussion: Preventing suicidal behavior may be possible by revealing and recognizing the various characteristics of people who have previously attempted suicide. Therefore, in this study, gender, age, education and job status, marital status, and related parameters were associated with suicide. The Pre-HAD scale can be used to estimate a suicide attempt.Factors associated with suicide socio-demographic status, socioeconomic level, unemployment, stressful life events, and migration, varies from society to society, and the suicide rate increases or decreases with this effect. Individuals regard suicide as a point of departure or salvation for a situation in which they cannot escape. Some people only think suicide, and at this stage, suicide is a severe psychiatric emergency that requires treatment and results in death if left untreated. Some people take direct action instead of thinking about suicide. In this case, it is seen that specific reasons lead to suicide, but since they are not reflected outside or noticed, it occurs as an action. Anxiety and depression may occur separately or together. Anxiety is a feeling of fear and worries that is challenging to describe. Depression, on the other hand, can be defined as an emotional, sad, and grieving mood, an abnormal mood dominated by sadness and unhappiness, which may occur in a healthy individual after loss, and a psychogenic disorder that continues with a specific group of symptoms and sometimes shows a cyclic disease. In anxiety and depression, symptoms such as fear, worry, panic attacks, pain, gastrointestinal complaints, excessive doubt, agitation, difficulty concentrating, sleep disturbance, weakness, easy fatigue, and suicidal thoughts may be observed. These symptoms allow us to predict the suicidal tendency of an individual [1,2]. According to the latest data of the Tur...