Investigation of suicide trend factors in adolescents who had suicide attempts and admitted to department of pediatrics Duzce Medical School Mospital

Suicide is an important public health issue in adolescents. One of the most important strategies to prevent suicides is identifying the factors that led to commit suicide. In our study, it is aimed to identify the effects of sociodemographic characteristics, psychological factors, impulsivity in suicidal behaviour of adolescents and investigate preventive approaches. In this study adolescents who were 10-18 years-old had attempted to suicide in last week and hospitalized in the Department of Pediatrics Düzce University Medical School Hospital between June 2015-June 2016 were evaluated. Adolescents who had mental problems and were under the influence of drugs and alcohol, had problems in language and education weren‟t evaluated. The adolescents were evaluated by sociodemographic data form, Barratt Impulsiveness Scale and suicidal intent scale. 52 adolescents accepted to participate in this study and filled the forms accurately. All of the adolescents who had attempted to suicide were students and 63.5 % of these adolescents had failure at school performances. The failure at school performances increased the risk of suicide. It has been also observed that 94.1 % of suicide attempted adolescents have choosen to take high dose pills and 65.4 % of them were regretful about their attempt. Psycological ilnesses, especially depression, increase the risk of suicide. In this study 28.8 % of adolescents had psycological illnesses histories. In the impulsivity part of the study, 25% of adolescents who were more likely to attempt suicide had more impulsive behaviours, lost their attention easily and they were quick tempered. Impulsivity was an important factor of suicide. In our study depression, impulsivity, failure at school performances, death of relatives, conflict in family members were important risk factors of suicide. Analyzing the adolescents in the light of these factors will be effective to prevent the attempts of suicide. Key words: Suicide, adolescent, impulsivity, sociodemography, Barratt Impulsivity Scale