Gender and Spatial Disparities of Suicide Mortality Risk in Kermanshah Province, Iran: A Brief Report

Rostami, Mehran; Jalilian, Abdollah; Rezaeian, Shahab; Kamali, Artin

doi:10.2991/dsahmj.k.190827.001

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“… 25 , 26 Many studies were previously conducted to quantify the risk of provincial suicide disparities and visualize the spatial pattern of suicide at the province level. 11 - 13 Health policy-makers are often interested in visualizing the spatial distribution of health outcomes as it can help them to determine unmet needs areas and better resource allocation. 11 - 13 …”

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“…11 - 13 Health policy-makers are often interested in visualizing the spatial distribution of health outcomes as it can help them to determine unmet needs areas and better resource allocation. 11 - 13 …”

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“…Spatial analysis of suicide enables us to identify areas with greater risk of suicide and explore the potential link between area-level contextual factors and suicide risk. 11 - 13 Furthermore, it visualizes the potential disparities within designated geographical areas. The Besag, York, and Mollie (BYM) model (the most commonly used Bayesian spatial model) can be used for computing suicide relative risk (RR).…”

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“…The Besag, York, and Mollie (BYM) model (the most commonly used Bayesian spatial model) can be used for computing suicide relative risk (RR). 11 - 13 Spatial analysis of suicide mortality at regional and national levels enables policy-makers to identify geographic outcome disparity and design tailored interventions to reduce suicide risk. 11 - 13 However, there is a lack of research on spatial analyses of suicide risk across the Iranian provinces.…”

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Spatial heterogeneity in gender and age of fatal suicide in Iran

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Background: The suicide incident has had an increasing trend in Iran over the past years. This study mainly aimed to investigate and visualize the spatial variations of registered suicide cases at the province level. A two-step modeling approach was employed in order to estimate the relative risks (RRs) and model the age of fatal suicide across provinces in Iran. Study design: An applied ecological study. Methods: This study used the suicide death data recorded by the Iranian forensic medicine organization from March 21, 2016, to March 20, 2018. Furthermore, a Bayesian spatial approach - Besag, York, and Mollie (BYM) model- was applied to estimate the RR of suicide across provinces in Iran. Results: This risk was found to be significantly higher than the average in both men and women in the west of Iran. For women, higher population density (mean: 0.003; 95% CrI: 0.001-0.005) and lower urbanization rate of provinces (mean: -0.025; 95% CrI: -0.038, -0.012) were associated with increased RR of suicide. Based on the log-normal model fitted to the data, the overall mean age of the fatal suicide at the national level was 34 years. Conclusions: The magnitude of gender and age differences was quantified, and many spatial variations were identified in suicide mortality across provinces in Iran. Given the heterogeneity in suicide mortality risk among different subgroups of age and gender, our findings point to the urgent need in developing gender- and age-specific suicide prevention strategies. Moreover, efficient allocation of healthcare resources for suicide prevention can be attained by targeting provinces with higher risk.

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“…Kermanshah is the capital of Kermanshah Province, is located in western Iran and close to Iraq; according to the last census, its population is 946,681 (2019 estimate 1,046,000); a majority of the population language is Kurdish. Kermanshah has a moderate and mountainous climate [18]. To register the participants and collect the data, the following steps were done.…”

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Prostate specific antigen test uptake: a cross sectional study on elderly men in Western Iran

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Background: Prostate cancer (PCa) is the second most common malignancy in men worldwide and the incidence rate of PCa has been increasing in recent years. The aim of the current study was to determine beliefs elderly men towards prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test uptake. Methods: This cross-sectional study conducted among 352 elderly men (60-74 years old age) in the west of Iran. The Health Belief Model (HBM) was applied as a study framework to evaluation of beliefs towards PSA test uptake. Data were analyzed by SPSS version 16 using appropriate statistical tests including t-test, chi-square, bivariate correlations, and logistic regression at 95% significant level. Result: The mean age of participants was 65.55 years [SD: 3.90]. Almost 16.9% of the elderly men had uptake PSA during last year. There was significant association between PSA test uptake with older age (P = 0.013), better economic status (P = 0.023), higher education level (P = 0.004), positive family history of prostate cancer (P = 0.018), and number of family members more than four (P = 0.032). The best determinants predictors for PSA test uptake were cues to action [OR: 1.967 and 95% CI: 1.546, 2.504], perceived severity [OR: 1.140 and 95% CI: 1.008, 1.290], and perceived benefits towards PSA test uptake [OR: 1.133 and 95% CI: 1.024, 1.253]. Conclusions: It seems that development of health promotion programs to increase cues to action and positive beliefs toward PSA test uptake and also perceived treat about side effect of PCa could be beneficial to increase PSA test uptake.

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Gender and Spatial Disparities of Suicide Mortality Risk in Kermanshah Province, Iran: A Brief Report

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Spatial heterogeneity in gender and age of fatal suicide in Iran

Spatial heterogeneity in gender and age of fatal suicide in Iran

Prostate specific antigen test uptake: a cross sectional study on elderly men in Western Iran

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