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Estudio epidemiológico del suicidio en la República de Croacia: comparación de los períodos de guerra y posguerra y las áreas afectadas directa e indirectamente por la contienda

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 May 2020

Mirjana Grubišić-lllić ,
Dragica Kozarić-Kovaćić ,
Frane Grubišić  and
Zrnka Kovačić
Mirjana Grubišić-lllić
Affiliation:
Departamento de Psicología Aplicada y Medicina Forense, Academia de Policía, Colegio de Policía, Zagreb, Croacia
Dragica Kozarić-Kovaćić
Affiliation:
Centro Nacional para Traumas Psicológicos, Departamento de Psiquiatría, Hospital Universitario Dubrava, Zagreb, Croacia
Frane Grubišić
Affiliation:
Hospital Universitario “Sestre Milosrdnice”, Zagreb, Croacia
Zrnka Kovačić
Affiliation:
Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Split, Split, Croacia
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Resumen –

Examinamos las diferencias en las características del suicidio entre las áreas afectadas directa e indirectamente por las actividades bélicas y en los períodos de guerra y posguerra según las variables siguientes: tasa de suicidio, sexo, edad y método de suicidio. El análisis se realizó sobre 5.349 suicidios consumados en el período 1993-1998 (los años de la guerra y la posguerra). Las tasas de suicidio en la República de Croacia oscilaban en los períodos prebélico, de guerra y de posguerra (1985-2000), pero sin diferencias significativas. En las áreas afectadas directamente por la contienda, la tasa de suicidio fue significativamente más baja que en otras áreas durante el período de estudio de 1993-1998 (X2 = 10,3245; P = 0,0017). El número de suicidios en ambos sexos disminuyó en las áreas afectadas directamente por la guerra, y lo hizo más en los hombres que en las mujeres; la diferencia entre los sexos fue estadísticamente significativa (X2 = 3,6697; P = 0,055). Las personas de mediana edad y mayores eran la población con riesgo de suicidio alto en ambas áreas (t = 1,76; P = 0,078). Hubo diferencias significativas en los métodos de suicidio entre las áreas que eran de guerra y las que no (X2 = 108,8473; P = 0,001). Las armas de fuego o los ingenios explosivos fueron los métodos utilizados para el suicidio significativamente más en las áreas afectadas directamente por la guerra que en otras áreas, mientras que el ahorcamiento se utilizó con más frecuencia en las áreas afectadas indirectamente por la contienda.

Keywords

epidemiología del suicidiocausa de la muerteguerraepidemiología en Croacia
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European Psychiatry (Ed. Española) , Volume 10 , Issue 1 , February 2003 , pp. 11 - 17
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Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2003

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