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자살시도자와 자살 사망자의 자살 방법, 스트레스 요인 및 정신과적 진단

Suicide Method, the Recent Stressors, Psychiatric Diagnosis of Suicide Attempters and Suicide Completers

  • 오시현 (성균관대학교 의과대학 삼성서울병원 정신건강의학교실) ;
  • 안지혜 (성균관대학교 의과대학 삼성서울병원 정신건강의학교실) ;
  • 서지효 (성균관대학교 의과대학 삼성서울병원 정신건강의학교실) ;
  • 구혜린 (성균관대학교 의과대학 삼성서울병원 정신건강의학교실) ;
  • 김민정 (성균관대학교 의과대학 삼성서울병원 정신건강의학교실) ;
  • 장혜연 (성균관대학교 의과대학 삼성서울병원 정신건강의학교실) ;
  • 김석주 (성균관대학교 의과대학 삼성서울병원 정신건강의학교실)
  • Sea Hyun O (Department of Psychiatry, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center) ;
  • Jihye Ahn (Department of Psychiatry, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center) ;
  • Seo Jihyo (Department of Psychiatry, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center) ;
  • Hyerin Gu (Department of Psychiatry, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center) ;
  • Minjeong Kim (Department of Psychiatry, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center) ;
  • Hyeyeon Jang (Department of Psychiatry, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center) ;
  • Seog Ju Kim (Department of Psychiatry, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center)
  • 투고 : 2022.06.10
  • 심사 : 2022.06.20
  • 발행 : 2022.06.30

초록

배 경: 본 연구는 자살시도자와 자살사망자 간 자살방법, 스트레스 요인, 정신과적 진단에 차이가 있는지 확인하고자 하였다. 방 법: 두 가지 후향적인 자료를 분석에 사용하였다. 자살시도자의 경우 삼성서울병원의 의무기록을 확인하여 680명의 의무기록을 수집하였고 한국생명존중재단의 심리부검과정을 통해 11,722명의 자살사망자 데이터를 제공받았다. 두 가지 자료의 자살방법, 스트레스 요인, 정신과적 진단에서의 차이를 확인하였다. 결 과: 자살사망자는 자살시도자에 비해 남성이 많았고 연령대가 높은 것으로 나타났다. 자살 방법 중 목 매달기나 농약 음독과 같은 방법이 자살사망자와 관련이 있었다. 자살시도자의 경우 둔기를 이용해 손목을 긋거나 약물을 음독하는 경우와 연관이 있는 것으로 나타났다. 모든 종류의 스트레스 요인이 자살사망자에게서 높았으며, 특히 경제적인 문제와 신체적인 문제가 자살사망자에게서 높은 비율로 나타났다. 진단의 경우 연령과 성별에 따른 영향을 배제하자 자살시도자와 자살사망자 간 차이를 규명할 수 없었다. 결 론: 자살시도자와 자살사망자 사이에 자살 방법, 스트레스 요인에 차이가 있다는 것을 확인하였다. 이는 경제적인 문제와 신체적인 문제가 동반된 경우 자살 사망의 위험이 더 높을 수 있음을 시사한다.

Objectives: Suicide is the major public mental health concerns all over the world. The comparison of suicide attempters and suicide completers could be the fundamental evidence for the suicide prevention. The aim of this study is to explore the differences between suicide attempters and suicide completers in terms of the stressors, suicide methods, and psychiatric diagnosis. Methods: Two types of secondary data were collected for the analyses. Data of the suicide attempters (n = 680) were gathered by intensive reviewing the medical records of Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea. Data of suicide completers (n = 11,722) were collected by the psychological autopsy data which were gathered by Korean Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Suicidal methods, psychiatric disorders and stressors before suicidal attempt were compared between suicide attempter and completers. Results: Suicide completers were older and male predominant compared to suicidal attempt. Hanging or gas intoxication were more commonly used in the suicide completion, while wrist cutting or drug intoxication were more common in suicide attempters. All types of stressors were found to be high in suicide completers than suicide attempters. However, the proportion of economic and physical stress were greater in suicide completers, while the proportion of family stress were greater in suicide attempters. According to the recorded diagnoses, the rates of depressive disorders, sleep-wake disorders, substance-related disorders were higher in suicide completers, while the rates of anxiety disorders and trauma- and stressor-related disorders, bipolar and related disorders and somatic symptom disorders were higher in suicide attempters. However, after controlling the gender and age, there were no significant differences in diagnosis between suicide attempters and suicide completers. Conclusion: These findings implicate that suicide attempters and completers differed in suicide methods and type of stress. The results suggests that economic stressors, physical illness might raise the risk of suicide completion.

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과제정보

이 논문은 2020년도 정부(과기정통부)의 재원으로 한국연구재단 뇌과학원천기술개발사업의 지원을 받아 수행된 연구임(No. 2020M3E5D9080561).

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