Trends and Prevalence of Hospital Admissions Related to Deliberate Self-Poisoning and Used Substances in Romanian Adolescents between 2016 and 2022
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants Selection
2.2. Data Collection
2.3. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Sample
3.2. Characteristics of Admissions Due to Self-Poisoning
3.3. Trends in Self-Poisoning Episodes during the Period of 2016–2022
3.4. The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Characteristics | F (N = 147) | M (N = 31) | Total (N = 178) | |
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Age | 14.94 (SD 1.52) | 15.61 (SD 1.38) | 15.06 (SD 1.52) | |
Living with both parents | 78 | 20 | 98 (55.05%) | |
Divorced parents | 60 | 11 | 71 (39.88%) | |
Foster home | 9 | 0 | 9 (5.05%) | |
Family psychiatric history | 33 | 2 | 35 (19.66%) | |
Family suicide history | 7 | 0 | 7 (3.93%) | |
Psychiatric diagnosis Depression/anxiety | 112 | 22 | 134 (75.28%) | |
Psychiatric diagnosis ADHD/ODD/CD | 29 | 9 | 38 (21.34%) | |
Psychiatric treatment | 77 | 18 | 95 (53.37%) | |
History of psychiatric treatment | 68 | 17 | 85 (47.75%) | |
History of previous suicide attempts | 48 | 5 | 53 (29.77%) | |
Substances used for self-poisoning | Paracetamol | 16 | 3 | 19 (10.67%) |
Analgesics, excluding paracetamol | 8 | 2 | 10 (5.61%) | |
Psychotropic drugs | 45 | 10 | 55 (30.89%) | |
Multiple substances | 50 | 12 | 62 (34.83%) | |
Other substances | 28 | 4 | 17.97%) | |
School difficulties | 105 | 22 | 127 (71.34%) | |
Family conflicts | 70 | 15 | 85 (47.75%) |
Year of Admission | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | Total |
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Total admissions | 830 | 914 | 959 | 998 | 489 | 723 | 760 | 5673 |
Total admissions due to self-poisoning, N (%) | 19 (2.28%) | 27 (2.9%) | 22 (2.29%) | 31 (3.1%) | 18 (3.68%) | 25 (3.45%) | 36 (4.73%) | 178 (3.14%) |
First-time admission N (%) due to self-poisoning | 13 (68.42%) | 23 (85.18%) | 18 (81.81%) | 11 (35.48%) | 10 (55.55%) | 12 (48%) | 23 (63.88%) | 110 (61.79%) |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
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1. Psychiatric diagnosis | 1 | ||||
2. History of psychiatric treatment | 0.012 | 1 | |||
3. History of previous suicide attempts | 0.001 | 0.435 ** | 1 | ||
4. First admission due to self-poisoning | 0.171 * | −0.637 ** | −0.449 ** | 1 | |
5. Duration of hospitalization (shorter/longer than 2 weeks) | −0.25 | −0.179 * | −0.093 | 0.215 ** | 1 |
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Predescu, E.; Calugar, I.; Bibu-Monus, C.; Sipos, R. Trends and Prevalence of Hospital Admissions Related to Deliberate Self-Poisoning and Used Substances in Romanian Adolescents between 2016 and 2022. Children 2023, 10, 790. https://doi.org/10.3390/children10050790
Predescu E, Calugar I, Bibu-Monus C, Sipos R. Trends and Prevalence of Hospital Admissions Related to Deliberate Self-Poisoning and Used Substances in Romanian Adolescents between 2016 and 2022. Children. 2023; 10(5):790. https://doi.org/10.3390/children10050790
Chicago/Turabian StylePredescu, Elena, Iulia Calugar, Cristian Bibu-Monus, and Roxana Sipos. 2023. "Trends and Prevalence of Hospital Admissions Related to Deliberate Self-Poisoning and Used Substances in Romanian Adolescents between 2016 and 2022" Children 10, no. 5: 790. https://doi.org/10.3390/children10050790