Open AccessCalls due to suicidal behaviour made to the prehospital, emergency department in Málaga: characteristics and associated factors
Author(s) -
M Jiménez-Hernández,
S Castro-Zamudio,
J Guzmán Parra,
A I Martínez-García,
C Guillén-Benítez,
B Moreno-Küstner
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
anales del sistema sanitario de navarra
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.175
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 2340-3527
pISSN - 1137-6627
DOI - 10.23938/assn.0047
Subject(s) - evening , suicide prevention , logistic regression , medical emergency , public health , medicine , injury prevention , poison control , observational study , occupational safety and health , psychiatry , human factors and ergonomics , demography , nursing , physics , pathology , astronomy , sociology
Suicidal behaviour (fatal and non-fatal) has become a serious public health problem in many countries. The aim of the study was to describe the differential characteristics of emergency calls due to suicidal behaviour made to the Emergency Coordinating Centre (CCUE) in the province of Málaga, in comparison with calls due to physical or psychiatric problems.