Individual-level risk factors for suicide mortality in the general population: an umbrella review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Deaths by suicide remain a major public health challenge worldwide. Identifying and targeting risk factors for suicide mortality is a potential approach to prevention. We aimed to summarise current knowledge on the range and magnitude of individual-level risk factors for suicide mortality in the general population and evaluate the quality of the evidence.

Methods

In this umbrella review, five bibliographic databases were systematically searched for articles published from database inception to Aug 31, 2022. We included meta-analyses of observational studies on individual-level risk factors for suicide mortality in the general population. Biological, genetic, perinatal, and ecological risk factors were beyond the scope of this study. Effect sizes were synthesised a

SUBMITTER: Favril L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10932753 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature