Railway Suicide in the Netherlands Lower Than Expected: Are Preventive Measures Effective?
| Autor: | Alessandro Di Bucchianico, Ad J. F. M. Kerkhof, Domien G. M. Beersma, Cornelis A J van Houwelingen |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Clinical Psychology, APH - Mental Health, Statistics, Industrial Statistics, EAISI Foundational, EAISI High Tech Systems, Beersma lab |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
| Předmět: |
Netherlands/epidemiology
Suicide rates SDG 3 – Goede gezondheid en welzijn Suicide prevention Traffic intensity 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being prevention Ethnicity Humans Suicide/prevention & control 030212 general & internal medicine Innovation suicide Suicide mortality Regression analysis The Netherlands railroads 030227 psychiatry Psychiatry and Mental health statistics Rail transportation and Infrastructure Linear Models Demographic economics Business SDG 9 - Industry Innovation and Infrastructure SDG 9 - Industry |
| Zdroj: | Crisis, 43(5), 368-374. Hogrefe Publishing Crisis, 43(5), 368-374. Hogrefe Crisis, 43(5), 368-374 Van Houwelingen, C A J, Di Bucchianico, A, Beersma, D G M & Kerkhof, A J F M 2022, ' Railway Suicide in the Netherlands Lower Than Expected : Are Preventive Measures Effective? ', Crisis, vol. 43, no. 5, pp. 368-374 . https://doi.org/10.1027/0227-5910/a000792 |
| ISSN: | 0227-5910 |
| DOI: | 10.1027/0227-5910/a000792 |
| Popis: | Abstract. Background: Increasing rail transportation requires appropriate railway suicide preventive measures. Aims: The investigation of trends in railway suicide during 2008–2018, a period in which preventive measures were taken by Dutch railway infrastructure manager ProRail. Methods: Generalized linear regression models for railway suicide were developed for the period 1970–2007 with general suicide rate, railway traffic intensity, and a combination of these variables as regressors. Subsequently, the best-fitting model was used to investigate trends in railway suicide after 2007 by comparing in retrospect observed values with the expected outcomes of the regression model. Results: An adequate regression model for railway suicide was obtained using both general suicide rate and railway traffic intensity as regressors. Based on this model, while national suicide mortality and railway traffic increased, a distinct relative decline in railway suicides was found from 2012 onward. Conclusions: This decline of railway suicides in the Netherlands may indicate that preventive measures taken by ProRail were effective and prevented around 85 railway suicides annually, a reduction of 30%. |
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