Comparison of screening for suicidal ideation in the year prior to death by suicide

Autor: Nathaniel E. Miller, Frederick North, Michelle Duval, John Tieben, Jennifer L. Pecina
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
Předmět:
Zdroj: Journal of Affective Disorders Reports, Vol 10, Iss , Pp 100446- (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2666-9153
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadr.2022.100446
Popis: Background: Screening for suicidality with a Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) at our institution has previously been reported to occur 37.9% in the year prior to suicide death. Our institution has initiated practice changes aimed at increasing this screening rate. Methodology: We reviewed patient records who died by suicide (cases) between January 16, 2013 and December 31, 2020. We compared these to age and gender matched controls for completion of PHQ-9 recorded in the electronic medical record in the year prior to suicide death or year prior to the date of the case matched death. We looked at whether there was evidence of suicidal ideation evidenced by a score higher than zero for question 9. Results: Cases were more likely than controls to have a PHQ-9 done prior to death though only 28.4% of cases had a PHQ-9 completed. For cases who had a primary care visit done in the year before death, 64/93 (68.9%) had a PHQ-9 done compared to 43/143 (30%) of controls (p
Databáze: Directory of Open Access Journals