PMID- 36467866
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20221206
IS  - 1110-1083 (Print)
IS  - 1687-8329 (Electronic)
IS  - 1110-1083 (Linking)
VI  - 58
IP  - 1
DP  - 2022
TI  - Characteristics of suicidal poisoned patients admitted to tertiary care center 
      during COVID-19 pandemic.
PG  - 138
LID - 10.1186/s41983-022-00577-4 [doi]
LID - 138
AB  - BACKGROUND: Suicidal poisoning is a major concern during the COVID-19 pandemic 
      that has several physical and mental hazards. This study aimed to evaluate the 
      characteristics of suicidal poisoned patients admitted to a tertiary poison 
      control center during the pandemic lockdown and assess COVID-related knowledge 
      and attitude among those patients to identify the high-risk group for suicide. 
      This cross-sectional study was conducted on acutely poisoned patients admitted to 
      Tanta University Poison Control Center from June to December 2020. Upon 
      admission, socio-demographic data, causative poisoning agents, COVID-related 
      knowledge and attitude, Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HAM-A), and Hamilton 
      Depression Rating Scale (HAM-D) were collected from all participants. RESULTS: A 
      total of 254 poisoned patients were categorized into suicidal (85.04%) and 
      accidental (14.96%) poisoning groups. The former was caused mainly by phosphides 
      and was significantly associated with a history of using psychotropic medications 
      and high HAM-A and HAM-D results. Logistic regression analysis showed that a 
      history of psychiatric illness, low attitude scores, and high HAM-D scores were 
      significant risk factors for suicidal poisoning. CONCLUSIONS: Considerable number 
      of suicidal poisoned patients had moderate-to-severe depressive symptoms, 
      highlighting the importance of providing specialized psychiatric services in 
      poisoning centers, particularly among vulnerable populations, to prevent the 
      overwhelming repeated suicidal attempts. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online 
      version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s41983-022-00577-4.
CI  - (c) The Author(s) 2022.
FAU - El-Sarnagawy, Ghada
AU  - El-Sarnagawy G
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1671-0894
AD  - Department of Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, 
      Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt. GRID: grid.412258.8. ISNI: 0000 0000 9477 7793
FAU - Hafez, Amal
AU  - Hafez A
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7463-8416
AD  - Department of Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, 
      Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt. GRID: grid.412258.8. ISNI: 0000 0000 9477 7793
FAU - Amer, Reham
AU  - Amer R
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-2035-7763
AD  - Neuropsychiatry Department, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Medical 
      Campus, Al-Gaish Street, Tanta, 31527 Gharbia Egypt. GRID: grid.412258.8. ISNI: 
      0000 0000 9477 7793
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20221122
PL  - England
TA  - Egypt J Neurol Psychiatr Neurosurg
JT  - The Egyptian journal of neurology, psychiatry and neurosurgery
JID - 0043617
PMC - PMC9684898
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - COVID-19
OT  - Consultation-liaison psychiatry
OT  - Poisoning
OT  - Suicide
COIS- Competing interestsThe authors declare no conflict of interest.
EDAT- 2022/12/06 06:00
MHDA- 2022/12/06 06:01
PMCR- 2022/11/22
CRDT- 2022/12/05 04:33
PHST- 2022/06/03 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2022/10/26 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2022/12/05 04:33 [entrez]
PHST- 2022/12/06 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2022/12/06 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2022/11/22 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 577 [pii]
AID - 10.1186/s41983-022-00577-4 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Egypt J Neurol Psychiatr Neurosurg. 2022;58(1):138. doi: 
      10.1186/s41983-022-00577-4. Epub 2022 Nov 22.