1Associate Professor, Community Medicine, Meenakshi Medical College, Kanchipuram, Tamilnadu
2Associate Professor, Dept. of Community Medicine, Basaveshwara Medical College and Hospital, Chitradurga, Karnataka
3Professor, Dept. of Community Medicine, Basaveshwara Medical College and Hospital, Chitradurga, Karnataka
To find out the place, time, methods used and month of attempting suicide.
Cross Sectional Study.
Bapuji and C.G Hospitals attached to JJM Medical College, Davanagere.
540 suicidal attempters admitted to emergency wards.
A pre tested questionnaire was used to interview the subjects relating the factors responsible for the attempt. The data thus obtained was compiled and analyzed.
Proportions, Chi square test.
Evening and night times were preferred timings for the suicidal attempt. Home (73.3%) was the commonest place of the Suicidal Attempt in both the sexes. 22.6% of them committed the act on Wednesday compared to any other days of the week. Highest numbers of attempts were recorded in January, May and August.
A national strategy for prevention of suicide is the need of the hour. So policy makers and programme managers have to give a serious thought in this regard.
Attempted Suicide, Time, Place of attempt, Seasonality of Attempt
