Psychosocial characteristics of patients with a history of suicide attempts at a Center for Psychosocial Care (CAPS)
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1806-6976.v9i3p136-143Keywords:
Suicide; Suicide, Attempted; Risk Factors; Personal ProtectionAbstract
Objective - To identify the psychosocial characteristics of patients with a history of suicide attempts at a CAPS Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil. Of the sample, 64.6% were female, 76% with ages varying from 30-59 and 65.5% were unmarried. The bivariate analysis with outcome (more than one suicide attempt), showed an association of p <0.05 with not working, does not like the work, history of psychiatric confinement, hospital care, referred to the CAPS. In the multivariate analysis, the association with psychiatric confinement was identified as a risk factor, the hospital care as a protective factor, as well as the referral. The significant factors remained the same in the model: psychiatric confinement as a risk factor, referral and hospital care, as a protective factor.