Changes in severity of pediatric suicide attempts before and after coronavirus disease 2019

Author:

Saito Takumi1ORCID,Ogiwara Shigetoshi1,Wada Soichiro1ORCID,Tamura Takuya1

Affiliation:

1. Department of Pediatrics Teine‐Keijinkai Hospital Sapporo Japan

Abstract

AbstractBackgroundThe recent coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic and school closures were reported to have negatively impacted the mental health of children and adolescents. This study aimed to examine the change in the number and severity of pediatric suicide attempts before and after the COVID‐19 pandemic.MethodsThis study enrolled 54 patients (26 vs. 28 patients before and after the COVID‐19 pandemic, respectively) under 19 years of age who were transported to the emergency department as a result of suicide attempts between April 2017 and December 2021. The primary outcome includes the rate of serious suicide attempts (SSAs).ResultsThe SSA rates were 19% (5/26) and 43% (12/28) before and after the COVID‐19 pandemic, respectively (p = 0.62). The average number of transported suicide attempts per month almost doubled (0.72 vs. 1.33, respectively) and suicide attempts as a percentage of all ambulance transportations of individuals under 19 years old increased significantly from 0.95% (26/2729)to 1.98% (28/1414) (p = 0.006).ConclusionsThe COVID‐19 pandemic increased the severity of pediatric suicide attempts but not to a statistically significant degree. Social preventive support and early psychological intervention are therefore needed currently and in the future.

Publisher

Wiley

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