Risk and protective factor for suicide attempt in Iran: A matched case-control study

Résumé

textbfOBJECTIVE: In order to generate local evidence, a case-control study was designed to explore risk factors for suicide attempts (SA) in one of the larger cities in the southeast of Iran-Kerman. textbfMETHODS: From one of the main referral hospitals, 300 cases and 300 age- and sex-matched controls were recruited. On top of demographic variables, the following variables were compared in the two groups: personality traits, psychological condition, religiosity, coping skills, general health, and recent stressful events. textbfRESULTS: Having adjusted for recent stressful events as the most important factor (OR = 1.66, P-value textless 0.001), the main significant variables were: general health (1.04