• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
• /
• 제42권2호
• /
• pp.123-129
• /
• 2009

Objectives : This study aimed to examine the association between public social expenditure(PSE) and suicides in the 27 countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development(OECD) from 1980 to 2003. Methods : The age-standardized suicide rates and their annual change(%) were obtained from the OECD Health Data 2007. As a measure of social protection, the PSE(% GDP) was used. The covariates included the annual divorce rate(/100,000 population), fertility rate(number of children/woman aged 15 to 49 years), GDP per capita(US$ PPP), male unemployment rate(%), life expectancy(years) and alcohol consumption(liter/capita) for each country, which were all obtained from the OECD Health Data 2007 and the OECD Social Indicators 2006. Using hierarchical linear models that included these covariates, the effects of PSE on suicides(Model 1) and the annual percent change (Model 2) were examined(Model 3). Also, sub-sample analyses were done for six countries that experienced political/economic transition. Results : We could not find significant effects of PSE on suicides(Model 1), but we observed significantly negative effects on the annual percent change for men and women(Model 2). Such findings were replicated in the sub-sample analysis, and moreover, the effect size was much larger(Model 3). Conclusions : Our finding suggests that social welfare protection can be a pivotal factor for suicide epidemiology, and especially in countries experiencing a social crisis or transition.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
• /
• 제14권4호
• /
• pp.1863-1870
• /
• 2013

본 연구는 응급의료센터에 약물중독으로 자살을 시도한 환자 중 생존군과 사망군을 분류하여 대상자의 내원 시 상태와 내원후 치료결과를 파악함으로써 향후 환자 발생시 임상적인 중증도 예측과 자살예방 연구에 기초자료로 활용하기 위함이다. 2009년 6월부터 2011년 5월까지 최근 2년간 광주광역시 C 대학병원 응급의료센터에 약물 중독으로 내원한 환자 중 비의도적인 사고 환자를 제외한 자살 환자만을 대상으로 하여, 의무기록으로 자료를 수집하였다. 연구결과 약물중독 자살환자에서 연령이 높고, 교육수준이 낮으며, 독거인 경우사망률이 높았고, 농약을 음독한 경우 예후가 좋지 않았다. 자살원인이 경제적문제와 우울증인 경우에 사망률이 높았고, 내원시 의식이 혼미, 반혼수/혼수인 경우 예후가 좋지 않았다. 약물중독 자살환자의 위험군을 파악하여 임상적인 중증도 예측에 도움이되고, 이들에 대한 적절한 약물교육과 더불어 정신적인 지지가 중요하다는 사실을 인지 시키고자 한다.

• 대한임상독성학회지
• /
• 제9권2호
• /
• pp.81-87
• /
• 2011

Purpose: Incidents of suicide attempt and acute poisoning in the elderly population is rising. This study investigated the clinical nature of acute poisoning and differences between the survival and mortality groups in the elderly. Methods: We retrospectively investigated 325 patients with acute poisoning who visited the emergency department. Patients were divided into two groups, one survival and one death group. Information regarding patient sex, age, root cause of poisoning, time of year of poisoning, type of intoxicant, duration of time between intoxicant ingestion and arrival at the emergency department, total length of hospital stay, and any previous suicide attempts and subsequent hospitalization were collected. An initial Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) and an initial and final Poison Severity Score (PSS) for each patient was calculated. Results: The survival rate for men was higher than for women in this study. The most common reason of drug intoxication was suicide, with accidental ingestion and substance abuse occurring in descending frequency. Seasonal factors were reflected in the data with the highest number of incidents occurring in spring and the lowest number in winter. Compared with the mortality group, the survival group had a lower initial PSS with a higher GCS. Conclusion: We conclude that being female, having suicide as a root cause, agrochemicals as an intoxicant, low initial Glasgow Coma Scale and high initial Poisoning Severity Score, are all associated with poor prognosis.

• 생물정신의학
• /
• 제25권3호
• /
• pp.72-78
• /
• 2018

Objectives The high suicide rate has risen as a main concern in South Korea. Given the complexity of the mechanism resulting in complete suicide, studies targeting various populations are needed for broader understanding of its risk factors. This study aims to analyze the factors affecting the suicidal tendency in the population of the elderly living alone in Seoul depending on basic elderly-care services. Methods A total number of 415 people participated in the study. Home-visit interviews were administered by trained interviewers. Suicidal tendency was measured by the Korean version of mini international neuropsychiatric interview (K-MINI). Health-related quality of life was measured by a brief version of the World Health Organization Quality-of-life Scale (WHOQOL-BREF). Alcohol problem was assessed by the Korean version of the alcohol use disorders identification test (AUDIT-K). Among total subjects of 415 interviewees, the actual responses of 408 people were used for the final analysis. Results The result showed that the suicide risk was high in persons isolated from social support [odds ratio (OR) = 4.49], having depression (OR = 14.85), and having low quality of life (OR = 4.39). Conclusions We found that social support, depression and health-related quality of life are associated with suicidal tendency in the elderly living alone on basic services. Our evidence will contribute to suicide prevention policy for the elderly living alone on care services.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
• /
• 제15권5호
• /
• pp.592-606
• /
• 2015

전 연령층에 걸친 우울증 및 정신질환과 꾸준한 자살률 증가는 정부경쟁력을 크게 떨어뜨리는 심각한 사회문제이다. 정부는 정신건강을 증진시키고 자살을 예방하기 위해 다양한 정책을 실시하고 있으나 시행과정 및 연계 관리 체계 등에서 여러 문제점들이 제기된다. 본 연구는 정신건강분야에 있어 ICT 융합방안의 실태와 방향성을 파악하기 위해 국내외 사례를 살펴보았다. 미국과 영국에서는 ICT를 융합한 원격 정신치료서비스를 지역노인, 소아청소년, 취약계층 등에 제공하고 있다. 국내는 노인자살을 방지하기 위해 독거노인을 대상으로 응급알림 장치를 설치하거나 우울증과 치매 완화를 위한 기술이 개발 중에 있다. 고령화시대에 사회경제적 비용을 줄이고 보편적 복지실현을 위해 ICT 융합 정신건강관리 서비스가 필요하다. 이에 원격정신진료와 관련하여 첨예하게 갈등을 보이는 의료법과 의료기기에 대한 사회적 합의, 생애전주기에 걸쳐 이용자의 정신적 특성을 고려한 효과성 연구, 인구 밀집도와 의료접근성이 낮은 지역 중심의 특화된 정책 등이 제고되어져야한다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
• /
• 제16권12호
• /
• pp.8728-8737
• /
• 2015

본 연구는 과거와 현재의 응급의료센터에 내원한 자살기도자들의 임상적 특징을 비교하여, 향후 환자 발생시 임상적인 중증도 예측과 자살예방 연구의 토대로 활용하기 위함이다. 저자는 1998년 1월부터 12월과 2013년 8월부터 2015년 7월에 원광대학교병원 응급의료센터에 내원한 자살기도자들의 임상적 특징의 변화를 후향적으로 비교 분석하였다. 발생률에서는 1998년도에는 남성(1.1:1)이 더 많았으나 2013-2015년도에는 여성(1.3:1)이 더 많았고, 1998년도에는 20대, 30대, 60대 이상에서 많았던 반면에 2013-2015년도에는 30-50대에 많았다. 자살 시도 방법에서 가장 많았던 것은 중독이었다(90.8%;1998, 72.7%;2013-2015). 자살기도로 인한 사망률은 1998년에 16.9%(남성 23.1%, 여성 10.0%)에서 2013-2015년에는 13.8%(남성 18.1%, 여성 10.5%)로 감소하였다. 전체 자살기도자(총 516명) 중 재발한 환자는 37명이었으며, 자살기도자 중 48.3%는 정신건강의학과에 협진을 의뢰하였으나, 재발한 환자 전수에서 정신질환을 가지고 있었고, 정신질환자가 일반인에 비해 자살률이 높기 때문에 앞으로 발생하는 모든 자살기도자는 정신건강의학과와의 협진과 지속적인 추적관찰이 필요하겠다.

• 대한임상독성학회지
• /
• 제15권2호
• /
• pp.131-139
• /
• 2017

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the epidemiologic characteristics of patients who visited emergency departments (EDs) after intentional poisoning in Korea. Methods: This study retrospectively analyzed the data of of 23 hospitals during a five-year period, between 2011 and 2015. We included patients who inflicted injury to themselves - attempt of suicide - by means of poisoning. Results: A total of 18,121 patients visited an ED after intentional poisoning. Among them, 58.3% were females; however, there were more males among those aged 60 years or older. The mortality rate for males was 8.6%, which was 3.1 times higher than that for females with 2.8%. The most common poison was pesticides (35.4%) in males and sedative-hypnotics (44.0%) in females. The most common causative agent of death was pesticide in both sexes (75.2% and 65.3%, respectively). Since the production of paraquat was discontinued in 2011, the number of deaths from pesticide poisoning has decreased. The mortality rate declined in both males and females, from 12.6% and 4.5% in 2011 to 7.1% and 2.1% in 2015, respectively. Conclusion: In this study, we analyzed the epidemiologic characteristics of intentional poisoning, especially the frequency of suicide attempts by gender and age group, the cause of suicide, and the causative agent. This can be used as basic data for establishing policies to reduce and prevent suicide attempts by poisoning.

• 한국생활과학회지
• /
• 제24권6호
• /
• pp.795-809
• /
• 2015

The suicide rate in South Korea has been the highest among the OECD countries for more than 10 years. In addition, the suicide rate among the rural elderly is much higher than that of the elderly in urban areas and that of younger generations. The purpose of this study was to examine the general tendencies of family ties, community consciousness and suicide ideation of the rural elderly in Korea. Also, this study aimed to verify the mediating effect of community consciousness between family ties and suicidal ideation. The data for this study came from 283 elderly people (over 65 years old) living in 11 villages in South Korea. The data was gathered from July to August 2013. Baron and Kenny's (1986) step based regression from the SPSS Win 18.0 program was used to analyze this data. This study also utilized the Sobel-test. The results of this study are as follows. First, the suicidal ideation of the respondents had a lower score than the median score. However, the magnitude of suicidal ideation was still significant. Second, this study found that family ties and community consciousness have both direct and indirect effects on the reduction of suicidal ideation. Lastly, this study examined the mediating effects of community consciousness. The findings of this study are of great significance because they reconfirmed the importance of establishing a social safety net in local communities to replace adult children who have relocated to urban areas.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
• /
• 제21권8호
• /
• pp.315-324
• /
• 2020

본 연구는 대학생을 대상으로 정서적 외상경험, 스트레스, 우울, 불안이 자살생각에 미치는 영향요인을 확인하고자 시도되었다. 자료수집은 B시에 소재한 4개 대학의 보건계열 대학생을 대상으로 설문지를 이용하여 최종 289부를 분석에 사용하였다. 수집된 자료는 SPSS/WIN 프로그램을 이용하여 빈도와 백분율, 평균과 표준편차, t-test와 ANOVA, multiple regression analysis로 분석하였다. 연구결과 연구대상자의 일반적 특성에 따른 정서적 외상은 성별에서 유의한 차이가 있었으며(p=.005), 스트레스는 학년에서 유의한 차이를 보였다(p=.029). 우울은 성별(p=.020)과 종교(p=.022)에 대해서, 불안은 성별(p=.047)에 대해 유의한 차이를 보였다. 자살생각은 일반적 특성과 유의한 차이가 없었다. 대상자의 자살생각은 정서적 외상(p<.001), 스트레스(p<.001), 우울(p<.001), 불안(p<.001)과 유의한 상관관계를 나타내었다. 대상자의 자살생각에 영향을 미치는 요인은 정서적 외상(t=4.117, p<.001), 스트레스(t=2.909, p=.004), 우울(t=3.421, p=.001), 불안(t=2.875, p=.004)으로 나타났고, 설명력은 34.1%였다. 본 연구는 대학생의 자살생각과 관련성이 높은 정서적 외상경험, 스트레스, 우울, 불안과의 상관관계를 규명하고 자살생각에 미치는 요인을 확인함으로써 자살예방 프로그램 개발을 위한 기초자료로 활용할 수 있을 것이며, 대학생 자살률을 감소시키기 위한 프로그램의 개발이 필요하다.

• 보건의료산업학회지
• /
• 제8권2호
• /
• pp.149-160
• /
• 2014

The suicide rate in the elderly is continually increasing. Effective suicide prevention requires that factors affecting suicidal ideation are specifically identified and personalized intervention programs are developed. This study aimed to identify the influencing factors of suicidal ideation in Korean elderly. The data of the 2012 Korean National Health & Nutrition Examination Survey was analyzed by using the SPSS program. Frequency, percentile, Chi-square test, multiple logistic regression were used. The influencing factors of suicidal ideation were education, income, exercise, perceived stress and depression. The Odds Ratio of the depression was 5.68 and the Odds Ratio of the perceived stress was 3.45. This study suggested that elderly suicidal prevention programs should be developed in preventing and reducing stress and depression.