Evaluation of Elderly Suicide Characteristics in Turkish Population

Authors : Abdullah AVŞAR

Pages : 1-5

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Publication Date : 2023-04-01

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Objective: In this study, it was aimed to investigate social and psychiatric characteristics of elderly suicide and examine demographic data, and determine possible risk factors. Patients and methods: Autopsy reports of forensic deaths due to suicide between 2010-2021 years of age 65 and older were retrospectively analyzed. The data were statistically compared by gender, type of suicide, time of suicide, and place of death. In addition, whether the spouses of these cases were alive, with whom they lived, their history of psychiatric illness, history of psychological trauma, and whether there was a previous suicide attempt were evaluated according to gender. Results: In the study, which included 44 cases, 75% of the cases were male insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(n:33);; 25% were women insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(n:11);. Most of the Suicide cases occurred in autumn insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(34.1%);, were indoors insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(72.7%); and were during the daytime insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(79.5%);. The most suicide pattern was hanging for both groups. 54.5% of all cases had a history of psychiatric illness. It was the first suicide attempt in 81.8% of the cases. No statistically significant difference was found between male and female genders for all these parameters. Conclusion: We think that suicide attempts and suicide-related elderly mortality rates can be reduced if protective and preventive measures are taken in geriatric age groups by gender, taking into account the suicide risk factors and the methods used.
Keywords : i̇ntihar, geriatrik, otopsi, psikiyatrik bozukluk