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| Title: | Suicide in urban Kampala, Uganda: a preliminary exploration |
| Authors: | Kinyanda, E.
Wamala, D.
Musisi, S.
Hjelmeland, H |
| Keywords: | Suicide
Africa
Psychological autopsy
Risk factors
Kampala, Uganda
Urban areas |
| Issue Date: | 2011 |
| Publisher: | Makerere University Medical School |
| Citation: | Kinyanda, E., Wamala, D., Musisi, S., Hjelmeland, H. (2011). Suicide in urban Kampala, Uganda: a preliminary exploration. African Health Sciences, 11(2) |
| Abstract: | Background: Suicide was investigated in the urban setting of Kampala, Uganda.
Objectives: Firstly, to explore the use of two research methodologies, a retrospective review of patient records and the
psychological autopsy methodology in suicide research in Uganda. Secondly to investigate the characteristics and correlates of
urban suicide in Uganda.
Results: A male to female ratio of suicide of 3.4:1 and a peak age of suicide in the 20-39 years age group were found. The
main methods of suicide were hanging and ingestion of poison (organophosphates). Problems with social networks,
negative life events, higher psychological distress and lower quality of life were associated with suicide at univariate analysis.
It was only psychological distress that retained significance at multivariate analysis.
Conclusion: The retrospective review of records at Mulago hospital was beset by incomplete records whereas a pilot
psychological autopsy study was well accepted and might contribute valuable data in African settings. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1877 |
| ISSN: | 1680-6905 |
| Appears in Collections: | Research Articles (Health-Sciences)
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