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Prevalence of important poisoning methods used in Iranian suicides: A systematic review and meta-analysis
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Zeinab Bidel   , Milad Nazarzadeh , Erfan ایوبی , Kourosh سایهمیری |
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| Introduction: One of the most important subjects in the study of suicide is the methods
of suicide. There is not accurate information relating to employed poisoning
methods for suicide in Iran. Studies conducted in different provinces provided
different results. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of poisoning
methods used in attempted suicides in Iran. Materials and Methods: Domestic scientific databases, PubMed, Science direct/ISI and Scopus
searched without any time limitation. Searching was updated by March 20, 2012.
Initially, 1398 articles were retrieved. After review of titles, 34 studies
included for review of full text. Finally, 19 articles entered in
meta-analysis. Random effects model of Mantel-Haenzel employed for estimation
of pooled prevalence. Meta-regression and Subgroup analyses were employed to
assess the cause of heterogeneity among the selected studies. Results: This meta-analysis included 8494 males and 13503 females. Heterogeneity
measure for drug poisoning and agricultural poisoning was 99.3% and 98.1%,
respectively. The prevalence of drug poisoning was 75% (CI 95%: 68 to 82%) and
the prevalence of agricultural poisoning was 13% (CI 95%: 10 to 16%). The
lowest prevalence of drug poisoning and agricultural poisoning was in Ilam and
Khorasan Razavi provinces and highest in Golestan and Ilam provinces,
respectively. Conclusion: Drug poisoning was the most
prevalent method for suicide. Therefore, training for no storage of drugs at
home and impose more strict instructions for medications prescription are
recommended |
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| Keywords: Poisoning, Suicide, Suicide Method, Meta-analysis |
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Type of Study: Research |
Subject:
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Received: 2012/06/26 | Accepted: 2013/04/8 | Published: 2013/04/8
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