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: Received: 17 July 2023 / Approved: 18 July 2023 / Online: 19 July 2023 (10:30:20 CEST)
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Wiktor, Ł.; Damps, M.; Tomaszewski, R. Assessment of Children Suicide Attempts Frequency in the Peripandemic Period. Preprints2023, 2023071331. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202307.1331.v1
Wiktor, Ł.; Damps, M.; Tomaszewski, R. Assessment of Children Suicide Attempts Frequency in the Peripandemic Period. Preprints 2023, 2023071331. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202307.1331.v1
Wiktor, Ł.; Damps, M.; Tomaszewski, R. Assessment of Children Suicide Attempts Frequency in the Peripandemic Period. Preprints2023, 2023071331. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202307.1331.v1
APA Style
Wiktor, Ł., Damps, M., & Tomaszewski, R. (2023). Assessment of Children Suicide Attempts Frequency in the Peripandemic Period. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202307.1331.v1
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Wiktor, Ł., Maria Damps and Ryszard Tomaszewski. 2023 "Assessment of Children Suicide Attempts Frequency in the Peripandemic Period" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202307.1331.v1
Abstract
Objectives: The aim of our study was to evaluate patients after suicide attempts treated at the Department of Trauma Surgery for Children before and after the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Material and methods: Retrospective review of the medical database at equal time intervals of 24 months to identify patients treated before and after the COVID-19 was done. Thorough analysis including injury mechanism, medical procedures, history of previous mental disorders or suicidal behavior was performed. Furthermore, results were compared with the Polish police suicide statistics.
Results: Based on our retrospective review we found 4 patients treated in our department before the pandemic and 10 patients treated after COVID-19 outbreak. The group before SARS-Cov-2 era consisted of three girls and one boy with a mean age of 14.97 (12.7-17.6). The group treated in the pandemic crisis consisted of 8 boys and 2 girls, the mean age was 15.49 (10.8-17.2). In the pre-COVID-19 group, 2 out of 4 patients had received psychiatric treatment before, but none had attempted suicide before. In the COVID-19 group, 6 out of 10 patients had previously received psychiatric treatment, moreover 3 of them attempted suicide before. Based on our analysis, the number of individuals who displayed suicidal attempts has raised. Between 2018 and 2021 the largest number of suicides concerned the 13-18 y.o. group, both for the Silesian Voivodeship (H=9.374; p=0.0092) and for the whole country (H= 10.203; p=0.0061).
Conclusions: 1. Results of our study indicate that the pandemic may have caused a wide range of negative mental health consequences for young individuals; 2. During the SARS-Cov-2 era, we observed an alarming 2.5-fold increase in the number of patients treated after suicide attempts at the children's orthopedic trauma department; 3. Suicide attempts in children are often related with high energy trauma.
Medicine and Pharmacology, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
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