Thematic analysis of medical notes offers preliminary insight into precipitants for asian suicide attempters: An exploratory study

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One important dynamic risk factor for suicide assessment includes suicide precipitant. This exploratory study used a qualitative paradigm to look into the themes surrounding precipitants for suicide attempts in Singapore. Medical records related to suicide attempters who were admitted to the emergency department of a large teaching hospital in Singapore over a three year period were subjected to analysis. A total of 666 cases were examined (69.2% females; 63.8% Chinese, 15% Malays, 15.8% Indians), ages ranged from 10 years old to 85 years old (Mean = 29.7, Standard Deviation = 16.1). The thematic analysis process that was applied to the textual data elicited key concepts labelled as Relationship issues, Financial strain, Socio-legal-academic-environmental stress, and Physical and mental illness and pain. Interpreted with other recent local research on suicide attempters in Singapore, the findings have implications for informing suicide interventions.

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Choo, C. C., Ho, R. C., & Burton, A. A. D. (2018). Thematic analysis of medical notes offers preliminary insight into precipitants for asian suicide attempters: An exploratory study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15(4). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15040809

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