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The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Self-Harm Attempts Observed in a Hospital Emergency Department
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Healthcare
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Fernández-Martínez, Elena, Andrea Barros-Martínez, María Cristina Martínez-Fernández, and Marta Quiñones-Pérez. 2024. "The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Self-Harm Attempts Observed in a Hospital Emergency Department" Healthcare 12, no. 3: 385. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12030385
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2024-02-02
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Suicide is a significant public health concern, with one million lives lost to it every year.
Suicidal ideation and attempts are markers of high risk. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a negative
psychological impact on the population. This study aims to describe and analyze the clinical and
sociodemographic characteristics of patients who have received medical attention for self-harm
attempts in a hospital emergency department, comparing the period before and after the COVID-19
pandemic. This is a descriptive, retrospective study that collected data from medical records of
patients who received care for self-harm attempts in the emergency department. The data included
cases from 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2022. In total, 529 cases of self-harm attempts were identified, of which 62.8% were female. The number of post-pandemic self-harm attempts significantly
increased compared to the period before the pandemic. The most used method for self-harm was
medication ingestion. This study revealed that over one-third of the participants had previously
attempted suicide. Most self-harm attempts were made by women in the 10–20 or 41–50 age groups,
with a history of psychiatric illness and multiple medications. The study results also highlighted an
increase in self-harm attempts during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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