Intentional self-inflicted injuries in adolescents
Abstract
Introduction: intentional self-inflicted injuries are a health problem in the world. In Cuba, they represented the third cause of death in adolescents in 2019.
Objective: to describe some clinical and epidemiological characteristics of adolescents with intentional self-inflicted injuries.
Methods: cross-sectional analytical study from a population of 35 adolescents belonging to the southern area of Morón municipality, who presented these lesions and were hospitalized from January to December 2018. The individual clinical history and the family survey were the sources of obtaining the information. The percentage and the average were used and the ethical precepts were fulfilled.
Results: the mean age was 17,1 years, with a predominance of females (82,86 %). Only 31,43 % had a history of psychiatric disorder. The majority had a secondary school level (71,43 %). The presence of physical violence in the home (74,29 %), the absence of the father figure (68,57 %) and the type of extended family (48,57 %) predominated. The most used modus operandi was the ingestion of psychoactive drugs (74,29 %). 45,71 % required medication after hospital discharge.
Conclusions: intentional self-inflicted injuries predominated in 17,1-year-old adolescents with secondary school levels, with an intrafamily situation of physical violence, absence of a father figure, a typology of extended family and the ingestion of psychotropic drugs as modus operandi. Almost a third had a psychiatric history and almost half required medication after hospital dischargeDownloads
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