作者: José Luiz Hesketh , Archimedes Guimarães de Castro
DOI: 10.1590/S0034-89101978000200005
关键词: Human factors and ergonomics 、 Injury control 、 Suicide attempt 、 Injury prevention 、 Poison control 、 Psychology 、 Demography 、 Wage 、 Suicide prevention 、 Occupational safety and health
摘要: The objective of this paper is to present a discriptive study attempted suicides admitted at the Emergency Room Hospital de Sobradinho, in Federal District (Brazil), during year 1976. total sample included 22 males and 105 females, with ages varying from 13 51 years, income up about one minimal wage (about 80 dolars), performing semiqualified or unqualified jobs, living towns Sobradinho Planaltina (mostly). procedure consisted codification data obtained through unstructured psyquiatric interviews done individually subjects soon after they had been cared for their stay Hospital. folowing hypotheses were confirmed: (1)the attempt more frequent among people younger than 25; (2) women; (3)there an interaction between sex age determining suicide attempt; (4)suicide women show affective problems men; (5)suicide men socio-economic (6)male attempts are intentional. following rejected: (1)suicide older 55(the shows that limit around 40); (2)attempts previous attempts; (3)the psychological problems.