Correlates of Process of Suicide Attempt and Perception of its Prevention

Suicide attempt may follow a process right from the inception of the first information about ýsuicide until the act itself. This study was conducted to determine the relationship between ýperception of suicide prevention with the process of suicide attempt and demographic ývariables following a suicidal attempt.ý
In this hospital based cross-sectional study, 168 consecutive admitted participants with a ýsuicide attempt were screened, and 109 who met the study criteria were recruited to ýparticipate in this study before discharge. They were assessed using the socio-demographic ýand clinical proforma designed for this study as well as by the Pierce Suicide Intent Scale. To ýassess the process of suicide attempt and perception of suicide prevention, a 17- item ýquestionnaire was developed and used after rigorous literature search. The Cronbach’s ýalpha coefficient value of this questionnaire found to be 0.84 in the reliability analysis.ý
Media was the first source of information, and the majority had short duration of ýpreoccupation and interval between making the decision and the actual attempt and the ýcontrol of emotion during the attempt. A significant positive correlation was observed ýbetween the source of the first information and age (p Based on the findings, it can be concluded that perception of suicide prevention may vary ýwith the process of suicide attempts and demographic characteristics.ý