The study of committing suicide and its related factors in a control case study

Suicide is one of the major social and mental health problems throughout the world. Suicide is the third cause of death in adolescents and seventh in youth's death. Regarding young population of country and increase in the suicide rate in recent years it is necessary to study suicide effective factors. This study aims to determine influence of effective factors on suicide in study area. Materials and methods: In this evidence-based case study all suicide committers were investigated who were randomly selected in each day of a weak during one year in emergency ward or hospitals of Yasuj and were consented to participate. 157 suicide and two subjects for each attempt were studied which were matched by gender and age as control. Chance and confidence interval 95% were estimated for effective factors in committing suicide. Suicide committing model was calculated and reported based on various factors using multivariate logistic regression and SPSS software. Findings: the widely used way for committing suicide was consuming drugs and self-immolation and the highest mortality was related to self-immolation. Suicide committing chance in individuals suffering from mental disorder, physical disorder, death of relatives, history of committing suicide, weakness in religious beliefs increases 12, 11.70, 10.75, 7.48 and 6.50 times, respectively. Discussion and conclusion: the most common cause of suicide as family struggles and emotional problems, so it is necessary to investigate and operate suitable and continuous solutions for prevention and care.

suicide, death, Yasuj, case control study, Odd’s Ratio.