Systematic review and meta-analysis of the clinical factors associated with the suicide of psychiatric in-patients

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作者
Large, M. [1 ,2 ]
Smith, G. [3 ]
Sharma, S. [2 ]
Nielssen, O. [2 ,4 ]
Singh, S. P. [5 ]
机构
[1] Prince Wales Hosp, Euroa Ctr, Sydney, NSW 2031, Australia
[2] Univ New S Wales, Sch Psychiat, Sydney, NSW, Australia
[3] Macquarie Hosp, No Sydney Cent Coast Area Hlth Serv, N Ryde, NSW, Australia
[4] Univ Sydney, Discipline Psychol Med, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
[5] Univ Warwick, Warwick Med Sch, Hlth Sci Res Inst, Coventry CV4 7AL, W Midlands, England
关键词
suicide; in-patients; risk assessment; RISK-FACTORS; COMPLETED SUICIDE; SCHIZOPHRENIC INPATIENTS; HOSPITAL INPATIENTS; PREDICTION; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; DISORDERS; PSYCHOSES; BIAS;
D O I
10.1111/j.1600-0447.2010.01672.x
中图分类号
R749 [精神病学];
学科分类号
100205 ;
摘要
Objective: To estimate the strength of the associations between the suicide of psychiatric in-patients and demographic, historical, symptomatic, diagnostic and treatment factors. Method: A systematic review and meta-analysis of controlled studies of the suicide of psychiatric in-patients including suicides while on approved or unapproved leave. Results: Factors that were significantly associated with in-patient suicide included a history of deliberate self-harm, hopelessness, feelings of guilt or inadequacy, depressed mood, suicidal ideas and a family history of suicide. Patients suffering from both schizophrenia and depressed mood appeared to be at particular risk. The association between suicidal ideas and in-patient suicide was weak and did not reach statistical significance after a quantitative correction for publication bias. A high-risk categorization as defined by a combination of retrospectively determined individual risk factors was strongly statistically associated with in-patient suicide (OR = 10.9), with a sensitivity of 64% and a specificity of 85%. Conclusion: Despite the apparently strong association between high-risk categorization and subsequent suicide, the low base rate of inpatient suicide means that predictive value of a high-risk categorization is below 2%. The development of safer hospital environments and improved systems of care are more likely to reduce the suicide of psychiatric in-patients than risk assessment.
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