Depression as a risk factor for suicide attempt in patients HIV
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.19136/hs.a23n1.5670Abstract
Objective: To determine the association between depression in patients with Human Inmunodeficiency Virus and the risk of suicide attempt in a Second Level Hospital.
Material and method: Observational, analytical, prospective study, involving 53 patients with a diagnosis of HIV from the Mexican Social Security Institute General Hospital of Zone No. 2 in Cárdenas, Tabasco, who attended the Internal Medicine external consultation. The information was obtained through surveys that determine the presence of depression and suicide attempt, three questionnaires were used: Beck Depression Inventory BDI-II, Suicide Risk Scale and Family APGAR (Adaptation, Participation, Resource Gadient, Affectivity and Resource), the information was analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences.
Results: 53 IMSS eligible patients, diagnosed with HIV, mostly men with 88.7% (n=47), aged between 27 and 35 years with a mean of 31 years. The association of the degree of depression with risk of suicide attempt: minimal depression with low risk of suicide attempt of 86.40% (n=19) and high risk of suicide attempt of 13.60%.
Conclusions: When the factors of severe depression are combined, there is severe dysfunction, belonging to the female sex, and being under 30 years of age, there is a greater than 90% probability of having a high risk of intense suicide.
Keywords: Depression; Suicide attempted; Suicide; HIV.
Downloads
Downloads
Published
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2024 Horizonte Sanitario
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.