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- Title
Inpatient Suicides in Swedish Psychiatric Settings – A Retrospective Exploratory Study from a Nursing Perspective.
- Authors
Lindberg, My; Sunnqvist, Charlotta; Wangel, Anne-Marie; Probert-Lindström, Sara; Fröding, Elin; Bergqvist, Erik; Stefenson, Anne; Waern, Margda; Westrin, Åsa
- Abstract
In Sweden, approximately 1,200 individuals die by suicide annually. Inpatient suicide is considered rare, but death by suicide still occurs when admitted to a psychiatric hospital. This study was part of a national retrospective project covering data from all patients' medical records for the 2 years before death by suicide in 2015. In this study, 41 patients who died by suicide while being admitted to psychiatric care were identified. The aim was to retrospectively identify documentation of suicide risk, safety measures, and comparisons between those with and without suicide attempts for patients who died by suicide during psychiatric inpatient care. There was documentation of suicidal variables in 80% of the patients; 59% had a previous known suicide attempt, 63% were diagnosed with mood disorders, and 41% were assessed for elevated suicide risk. The most common suicide method was hanging, suffocation (68%), and 22% had died by suicide within 24 h after admission. Almost three-quarters were on voluntary care. No patients had constant professional supervision on a one-to-one basis, and 17% had 15-minute checks. One-third were on agreed leave at the time of the suicide. These results emphasise the lifesaving role of high-level supervision in the early stages of inpatient care.
- Subjects
SWEDEN; SUICIDE risk factors; SUICIDE prevention; DOCUMENTATION; SUPERVISION of employees; RISK assessment; RESEARCH funding; PATIENT safety; FISHER exact test; HOSPITAL mortality; ASPHYXIA; RETROSPECTIVE studies; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; AFFECTIVE disorders; SUICIDAL behavior; SUICIDE; RESEARCH; MEDICAL records; ACQUISITION of data; PSYCHIATRIC hospitals; COMPARATIVE studies; DATA analysis software; TIME
- Publication
Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 2024, Vol 45, Issue 12, p1312
- ISSN
0161-2840
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1080/01612840.2024.2405841