Suicide ideation across reproductive life cycle of women. Results from a European epidemiological study.
BACKGROUND
The aim of the present study is to compare suicide ideation among women in the pre-, peri-, and post-menopause using a cross-sectional household survey of non-institutionalised adults from six European countries.


METHODS
In total, 8794 out of 21,425 respondents provided data for the following study. To use men as a comparison group, we defined three different groups of male subjects, based on the mean age of the women groups.


RESULTS
We found an increased risk of suicide ideation among women in their peri-menopause compared with women in their pre- or post-menopause and men. This finding was independent of mood and anxiety disorders.


CONCLUSIONS
Some categories showed few individuals. The cross-sectional design of our study does not allow us to conclude causal relationship between variables.


CONCLUSIONS
The occurrence of suicide ideation varies across the reproductive life cycle of women.
Usall
Judith
J
Sant Joan de Déu-SSM, Fundació Sant Joan de Déu, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Centro de Investigación en Red de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Spain. jusall@sjd-ssm.com
Pinto-Meza
Alejandra
A
Fernández
Anna
A
de Graaf
Ron
R
Demyttenaere
Koen
K
Alonso
Jordi
J
de Girolamo
Giovanni
G
Lepine
Jean Pierre
JP
Kovess
Viviane
V
Haro
Josep Maria
JM
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D016021:Epidemiologic Studies; D005060:Europe / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D047648:Perimenopause / Q000523:psychology*; D017698:Postmenopause / Q000523:psychology*; D017697:Premenopause / Q000523:psychology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult