<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><sec id="j_fon-2018-0018_s_006_w2aab3b7b6b1b6b1aab1c18b1Aa"><h3>Objective</h3><p>The aim of this study was to explore the characteristics of and preventive management strategies for suicidal inpatients in a general hospital.</p></sec><sec id="j_fon-2018-0018_s_007_w2aab3b7b6b1b6b1aab1c18b2Aa"><h3>Methods</h3><p>A total of 54 suicide victims were drawn from a patient safety adverse event network reporting system during hospitalization in a general hospital from November 2008 to January 2017.</p></sec><sec id="j_fon-2018-0018_s_008_w2aab3b7b6b1b6b1aab1c18b3Aa"><h3>Results</h3><p>Subjects who committed suicide in the general hospital were women and those who suffered from malignant neoplasms during general hospital treatment. Furthermore, most of the patients who committed suicide used more violent suicide methods. The most common and lethal means was jumping from heights at the windowsill.</p></sec><sec id="j_fon-2018-0018_s_009_w2aab3b7b6b1b6b1aab1c18b4Aa"><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>It is concluded that management strategies for suicide prevention can be provided from the aspects of patients, medical staff and the hospital environment. It is not only urgent but also feasible to reduce the suicide rate of inpatients and further improve hospital safety management.</p></sec></abstract>

ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to explore the characteristics of and preventive management strategies for suicidal inpatients in a general hospital.MethodsA total of 54 suicide victims were drawn from a patient safety adverse event network reporting system during hospitalization in a general hospital from November 2008 to January 2017.ResultsSubjects who committed suicide in the general hospital were women and those who suffered from malignant neoplasms during general hospital treatment. Furthermore, most of the patients who committed suicide used more violent suicide methods. The most common and lethal means was jumping from heights at the windowsill.ConclusionsIt is concluded that management strategies for suicide prevention can be provided from the aspects of patients, medical staff and the hospital environment. It is not only urgent but also feasible to reduce the suicide rate of inpatients and further improve hospital safety management.

Characteristics of and management strategies for 54 suicidal inpatients in a general hospital

Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Frontiers of Nursing

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ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to explore the characteristics of and preventive management strategies for suicidal inpatients in a general...

Characteristics of and management strategies for 54 suicidal inpatients in a general hospital

Article Category: Original Article

Published Online: Aug 14, 2018

Page range: 139 - 145

Received: Aug 31, 2017

Accepted: Oct 05, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2018-0018

Keywords
inpatients, suicide, general hospital, management strategy, prevention

© 2018 Rong Tan, De-Ying Hu, Yan-Hong Han, Yi-Lan Liu, Xiao-Ping Ding, Shu-Jie Wang, Ke Xu, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Characteristics of and management strategies for 54 suicidal inpatients in a general hospital

Article Category: Original Article

Published Online: Aug 14, 2018

Page range: 139 - 145

Received: Aug 31, 2017

Accepted: Oct 05, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2018-0018

Keywordsinpatients, suicide, general hospital, management strategy, prevention

© 2018 Rong Tan, De-Ying Hu, Yan-Hong Han, Yi-Lan Liu, Xiao-Ping Ding, Shu-Jie Wang, Ke Xu, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
inpatients, suicide, general hospital, management strategy, prevention