28 February 2024>: Clinical Research
Patterns and Outcomes of Traumatic Suicides: A Retrospective Study of 132 Patients Admitted to a Turkish Medical Center
Meltem Gürü 1ABCDEFG* , Habibe Selmin Özensoy 2ABCDEFGDOI: 10.12659/MSM.943505
Med Sci Monit 2024; 30:e943505
Table 2 Comparisons of demographic characteristics, injury patterns, and clinical outcomes of patients who attempted suicide with traumatic mechanisms and evaluated in emergency department, with length of stay in emergency department.
Lenght of Emergency Department stay (hours) | P | ||||
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Mean | Minimum | Maximum | |||
Age | 31.83 | 18 | 92 | 0.488 | |
Gender | Male | 9.92 | 2 | 48 | |
Female | 6.93 | 2 | 36 | ||
Marital status | Single | 8.18 | 2 | 48 | |
Married | 10.93 | 2 | 36 | ||
Divorced | 10.56 | 3 | 24 | ||
Traumatic suicide mechanism | Falling from height | 12.44 | 4 | 24 | 0.166 |
Firearms | 13.60 | 6 | 24 | ||
Incision | 7.65 | 2 | 48 | ||
Burn | 12.67 | 8 | 18 | ||
Traffic accident | 14.20 | 5 | 30 | ||
Hang him/herself | 14.00 | 4 | 36 | ||
Previous psychiatric diseases | No | 8.20 | 2 | 48 | 0.291 |
Alcohol and drug addiction | 11.78 | 3 | 30 | ||
Depression | 8.89 | 4 | 36 | ||
Bipolar disorder | 4.50 | 2 | 9 | ||
Schizophrenia | 9.83 | 4 | 34 | ||
Serious injury | No | 8.68 | 2 | 48 | 0.470 |
Yes | 10.17 | 2 | 30 | ||
Superficial injury | No | 11.48 | 2 | 48 | 0.282 |
Yes | 8.10 | 2 | 36 | ||
Body zone injured | No | 8.13 | 2 | 48 | |
Thorax and abdomen | 12.67 | 12 | 14 | ||
Head and neck | 13.40 | 4 | 36 | ||
Lower extremity | 12.50 | 6 | 24 | ||
Upper extremity | 7.70 | 2 | 18 | ||
Multi-trauma | 13.62 | 5 | 30 |