Suicide and All-Cause Mortality Within 1 Year After a Suicide Attempt in the VigilanS Cohort

• DOI: 10.4088/jcp.22m14520
• Publication Date: 2023-09-07T16:36:22Z
• Authors: Alice Demesmaeker; Ali Amad; Emmanuel Chazard; Anne-Laure Demarty; Honorine Schlienger; Emma Lehmann; Christophe Debien; Vincent Jardon; Karim Bounebache; Gregoire Rey; Guillaume Vaiva
• Keywords: Suicide methods

ABSTRACT Objective: Obtaining better knowledge on the outcomes of patients who attempt suicide is crucial for prevention. The aim our study was to determine causes death 1 year after a (SA) in VigilanS program, mortality rates, and risk factors associated with any cause suicide. Methods: A prospective cohort 7,406 people had attempted between January 1, 2017, December 31, 2018, included study. vital status each participant sought, established through phone call their general practitioner or psychiatrist. Second, relationship sociodemographic clinical by within an SA assessed using multivariable Cox model. Results: At year, 125 (1.7%) participants died, 77 whom died Half deaths occurred first 4 months SA. Hanging (20.3%; 24/125) self-poisoning (19.5%; 23/125) were methods most often used We demonstrated that male sex (HR = 1.79 [1.13–2.82], P .01) being 45 years age older (between 64 old, HR 2.08 [1.21–3.56], < .01; 65 older, 5.36 [2.72–10.54], higher younger than 25 lower 0.22 [0.07–0.76], .02). Conclusions: One out 100 Greater vigilance required following SA, especially males years. Trial Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT03134885 J Clin Psychiatry 2023;84(6):22m14520 Author affiliations are listed at end this article.