Risk factors associated with suicidal behavior in adolescents between 9 and 14 years

Abstract

Introduction: suicide has antecedents that go back to the very existence of man, varying its characteristics according to the time, culture and socioeconomic structure, since they are conditioned by the different valuations that are given at the religious, philosophical, intellectual or popular level. .

Objective: to identify the risk factors associated with suicidal behavior in adolescents between 9 and 14 years of age admitted to the Bayamo Children's Hospital, from January to December 2016.

Method: a retrospective case-control study was carried out. The universe consisted of 182 adolescents and the sample after applying the inclusion and exclusion criteria for 58 cases and 116 controls, the statisticians belonging to descriptive and inferential statistics were used, the Chi-square test of independence was applied to determine the association between the variables with a confidence level of 95% and significance α=0.05.

Results: being a woman increased 18 times the probability of attempting suicide with a (OR=18.897; CI=7.788-45.974; p=0.000), the history of chronic diseases multiplied almost by 5 the probability of carrying it out with a (OR= 4.739). ; CI= 1.677-13.392; p= 0.003), parental divorce increased the probability 14 times (OR= 14.146; CI=6.585-30.386; p=0.000), the history of suicide by children increased 7 times (OR=7.516; CI= 2.934-19.257; p= 0.000), family dysfunction and/or significant violence (OR=7.412; CI=3.222-17.047; p=0.000); in the same way the academic performance with one (OR= 9.145; CI=3.992-20.948; p=0.000).

Conclusions: sex and parental divorce were found to have a statistically significant relationship and increased the risk of patients committing suicide attempts, and age, history of chronic diseases and family history of suicide increased the risk of suicide attempt. The logistic regression model allowed us to identify the association of these factors independently.