BACKGROUND: Suicide and suicide attempts represent a severe problem for public health services. The aim of this study is to determine the socio-demographic and psychopathological variables associated with suicide attempts in the population admitted to a General Hospital. METHODS: An observational-descriptive study of @entity1 admitted to the A Coru  a University Hospital (Spain) during the period 1997-2007, assessed by the Consultation and Liaison @entity146 Unit. We include n = 5,234 admissions from 4,509 @entity1 . Among these admissions, n = 361 (6.9%) were subsequent to a suicide attempt. Admissions arising from a suicide attempt were compared with admissions occurring due to other reasons.Multivariate generalised estimating equation logistic regression models were used to examine factors associated with suicide attempts. RESULTS: Adjusting by age, gender, educational level, cohabitation status, being employed or unemployed, the @entity146 diagnosis at the time of the interview and the information on previous suicide attempts, we found that the variables associated with the risk of a suicide attempt were: age, @entity146 diagnosis and previous suicide attempts. The risk of suicide attempts decreases with age (OR = 0.969). @entity146 diagnosis was associated with a higher risk of suicide attempts, with the highest risk being found for Mood or Affective Disorders (OR = 7.49), followed by @entity1314 (OR = 7.31), and @entity161 and Other @entity914 (OR = 5.03).The strongest single predictive factor for suicide attempts was a prior history of attempts (OR = 23.63). CONCLUSIONS: Age, psychopathological diagnosis and previous suicide attempts are determinants of suicide attempts.

Suicide attempts and related factors in XXXX admitted to a general hospital: a ten-year cross-sectional study (1997-2007).

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity146 :: ('MESH:D001523', 'Disease') :: ['psychiatric', 'Psychiatric'] @entity914 :: ('MESH:D011618', 'Disease') :: ['Psychotic Disorders'] @entity161 :: ('MESH:D012559', 'Disease') :: ['Schizophrenia'] @entity1314 :: ('MESH:D010554', 'Disease') :: ['Personality Disorders']
@entity1 :: (9606,Species) :: ['patients']
