Suicide Attempts in Children Aged 10-14 Years During the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To determine if suicide attempts increased during the first year of the pandemic among young adolescents in Quebec, Canada.

Methods

We analyzed children aged 10-14 years who were hospitalized for a suicide attempt between January 2000 and March 2021. We calculated age-specific and sex-specific suicide attempt rates and the proportion of hospitalizations for suicide attempts before and during the pandemic and compared rates with patients aged 15-19 years. We used interrupted time series regression to measure changes in rates during the first (March 2020 to August 2020) and second (September 2020 to March 2021) waves and difference-in-difference analysis to determine if the pandemic had a greater impact on girls than boys.

Results

Suicide attempt rates decreased

SUBMITTER: Auger N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9980433 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature