Clinical-epidemiological behaviorof suicide attempts in adolescents from the municipality of San Juan y Martínez 2021-2022

• Gómez Santana, Lina Belkis ^[1] ; Duarte Hernandez, Keilan ^[2] ; Magalhaes Puente, Hedmar Armindo ^[3]
  1. [1] Universidad de Ciencias Médicas Dr. Ernesto Guevara de la Serna, Policlinico Modesto Gómez Rubio. Pinar del Rio, Cuba
  2. [2] Universidad de Ciencias Médicas Dr. Ernesto Guevara de la Serna, Centro Provincial de Higiene y Epidemiología y Microbiología. Pinar del Rio, Cuba
  3. [3] Universidad de Ciencias Médicas Dr. Ernesto Guevara de la Serna, Hospital Abel Santamaria. Pinar del Rio, Cuba

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• Localización: Health Leadership and Quality of Life, ISSN-e 3008-8488, Vol. 3, Nº. 0, 2024 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Health Leadership and Quality of Life)
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Introduction: suicide in adolescents is a health problem that has been gaining momentum, requiring adequate management. Objective: to characterize the clinical-epidemiological characterization of suicide attempts in adolescents in the municipality of San Juan y Martínez. Methods: an observational, descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted in San Juan and Martinez among adolescents with a history of suicide attempts between 2021 and 2022, the universe consisted of 67 adolescents who met the selection criteria. Documentary review and application of instruments allowed obtaining information that gave an output to the variables analyzed, using descriptive and inferential statistical methods. Results: females predominated (56.7%), with 15-17 years of age (40.3%), secondary schooling (50.7%) and school attachment, living in moderately functional families. The ingestion of drugs (61.2 %) was the main suicidal method used, with 64.2 % showing a low risk of suicide. Anxiety (28.4 %) and drug use (58.2 %) were the main individual and family risk factors present in the sample, respectively. Conclusions: the clinical-epidemiological characteristics of suicide attempts in adolescents were characterized, identifying the suicide methods used, the existing risk factors and the risk of suicide was evaluated.