Caracterización de los pacientes con conducta suicida hospitalizados en el Instituto de Neurociencias en el periodo 2017- 2022.

Abstract

Introduction: Suicide represents a complex mental health problem that has always been present in the universal history of humanity, and is associated with various factors, mainly psychological factors. Approximately 800 thousand people commit suicide annually with a global rate of 10.7% per 100 thousand, placing it on the top ten worldwide death causes. Methodology: A descriptive, observational, retrospective design is used, with a cross-sectional cohort, both qualitative and quantitative. With an universe of 155 patients from 18 to 80 years old hospitalized at the Neuroscience Institute of Guayaquil. A sample of 100 patients obtained by non-probabilistic sampling that was classified in an Excel database. Results: The profile of the patient with suicidal behavior hospitalized at the Institute of Neurosciences in the period 2017 - 2022 corresponds to the female patient (78%) married (38%) with an underlying psychiatric diagnosis (79%), major depressive disorder (61%), with an average age of 42 years who recorded more than one previous suicide attempt (64%).