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Volume 12 Issue 3 ( July-September ) 2023

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A comparative Study on Sociodemographic and clinical factors in Patients of severedepression with and without Suicide
Dr. Vijay Savita, Dr. Varchasvi Mudgal, Dr. Koustubh Bagul, Dr. Virendra Singh Pal

Background and Aim: Suicide is one of the most severe outcomes of depression, with around 700,000 people dying due to suicide every year. In India, the suicide rate is increasing by 6.2% in 2021 compared to 2020.Suicide attempts range from 10 to 40 times more frequent than completed suicide.This further leads to suicide hence suicide attempts will be a major public and mental health concern in India. sociodemographic and clinicalfactors play significant rolesin a suicide attempt so our aim is to identify high risk factor in patient of suicide. which help in early detection and prevention of suicide attempt and lower the suicide rate.Methods and material:The study design was a cross-section observational study that recruited patients from the Department of Psychiatry over one year, from June 2021 to May 2022. After Institutional Ethics Committee clearance, patients were included in the study sample as per the institutional prevalence of depression. A purposive sampling technique was utilized and all those patients who fulfilled the inclusioncriteriahad suicide attempts included as Group A, while those diagnosed with severe depression without any suicidal attempt were recruited into Group B. For documenting the patient’s sociodemographic and clinical information a semi-structured proforma was made. after formal assessent, both groups were quantified using the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAM-D), the Beck Scale for Suicidal Ideation (BSSI), and the Suicide Behavior Questionnaire-Revised (SBQ-R). later interpreted using Open-source software. Statistical analysis was done on categorical and continuous variables using, the student t-test and Pearson correlation. Result: Mean age of patients with depression with suicide attemptswas 28.2 years with the highest suicide rate among the 18-29 years age group, male, married, Hindu, belonging to the urban area, with the total duration of illness lower in patients of depression with suicide attempt than non-suicidal depression which is significant. Conclusion: This study identifieshigh-risksociodemographicfactors by which we can identify depressive patients at risk of suicide. Also highlights the importance of considering the number of suicide attempts, SBQ score and BSSI score as predictors of suicidality. However, more research is needed to fully understand the relationship between socio-demographic factors, another clinical parameter of depressive patients and suicidal behavior.

 
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