Emergency Department Presentations and Youth Suicide: A Case-Control Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We estimate associations between emergency department (ED) diagnoses and suicide among youth to guide ED care.

Method

This ED-based case-control study used data from the Office of the Chief Coroner and all EDs in Ontario, Canada. Cases ( n = 697 males and n = 327 females) were aged 10 to 25 years who died by suicide in Ontario between April 2003 and March 2014, with an ED contact in the year before their death. Same-aged ED-based controls were selected during this time frame. Crude and adjusted odds ratios (aORs) and 95% confidence intervals were calculated.

Results

Among youth diagnosed with a mental health problem at their most recent ED contact (41.9% cases, 5% controls), suicide was elevated among nonfatal self-inflicted: 'other' injuries, including hang

SUBMITTER: Rhodes AE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6405805 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature