title: Correlates of Process of Suicide Attempt and Perception of Its Prevention.
abstract: Objective:Suicide attempt may follow a process right from the inception of the first information about ‎suicide until the act itself. This study was conducted to determine the relationship between ‎perception of suicide prevention with the process of suicide attempt and demographic ‎variables following a suicidal attempt.‎Method:In this hospital based cross-sectional study, 168 consecutive admitted participants with a ‎suicide attempt were screened, and 109 who met the study criteria were recruited to ‎participate in this study before discharge. They were assessed using the socio-demographic ‎and clinical proforma designed for this study as well as by the Pierce Suicide Intent Scale. To ‎assess the process of suicide attempt and perception of suicide prevention, a 17- item ‎questionnaire was developed and used after rigorous literature search. The Cronbach's ‎alpha coefficient value of this questionnaire found to be 0.84 in the reliability analysis.‎Results:Media was the first source of information, and the majority had short duration of ‎preoccupation and interval between making the decision and the actual attempt and the ‎control of emotion during the attempt. A significant positive correlation was observed ‎between the source of the first information and age (p<01), reason for the method used and ‎economic status (p<01), duration since the first information and family history of suicide (p<01). Psychiatric diagnosis had a statistically significant association with the method used (p<01), duration of preoccupation (p<01), preparedness (p<01) and emotional state during ‎the attempt (p<01). A statistically significant negative correlation was found between the ‎source of the first information and education (p<01), any psychiatric diagnosis and duration ‎since the first death wish (p<01). On the score of perception about suicide prevention, a ‎significant group difference was observed for marital status, occupation, medical diagnosis, ‎opinion about an attempt, duration since the decision to attempt, and emotional control ‎during the attempt.‎Conclusion:Based on the findings, it can be concluded that perception of suicide prevention may vary ‎with the process of suicide attempts and demographic characteristics.‎.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, JSS Medical College, Mysore, Karnakata, India. Email:akashji1972@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Dushad
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ram
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, JSS Medical College, Mysore, Karnakata, India.‎ Email: msdarshan.mbbs@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Darshan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mahegowda
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, JSS Medical College and Hospital, MG Road Agrahara, Mysore, Karnataka, India. Email: hbgowda@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Basavana
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gowdappa H
keywords: Correlation; Perception of Suicide Prevention; Process of Suicide Attempt