Identifying undiagnosed high-risk suicidality cases through comorbidity-adjusted risk modeling.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Suicide is the second leading cause of death for patients aged 10 to 26 years old. Pediatric suicidality is underreported, which poses significant challenges for effective intervention and prevention strategies. Identifying populations at risk for suicidality can provide critical benefits in terms of study cohort selection, prevalence estimation and resource allocation.

Objective

(1) Measure prevalence of mental health comorbidities associated with suicidality; (2) propensity match diagnosed suicidality cohorts to select high-risk undiagnosed suicidality cohorts.

Methods

ICD-10 diagnosis codes were analyzed for patients aged 6-18 years old presenting to the emergency department at a large academic pediatric hospital between June 1, 2016, and June 1, 2022. S

SUBMITTER: Bode L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12330468 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature