Factors associated with self-harm in patients with substance use disorders who died by suicide: national hybrid questionnaire registry study
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https://hdl.handle.net/10037/37929Dato
2025-03-27Type
Journal articleTidsskriftartikkel
Peer reviewed
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Myhre, Martin Øverlien; Walby, Fredrik Andreas; Klungsøyr, Ole; Bramness, Jørgen Gustav; Mehlum, LarsSammendrag
Aims We aimed to describe the prevalence of a history of self-harm and identify the factors associated with self-harm, comparing individuals who died by suicide with and without SUDs.
Method - We used data from the Norwegian Surveillance System for Suicide in Mental Health and Substance Use Services, which is based on a national linkage between the Norwegian Cause of Death Registry and the Norwegian Patient Registry, to identify individuals who died by suicide within 1 year after last contact with mental health or substance use services (n=1140). A questionnaire was retrieved for 1041 (91.3%) of these individuals. We used least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) regression to select variables and compared patients with and without SUDs. Conditional selective inference was used to improve 90% confidence intervals and p-values.
Results - The prevalence of self-harm was 55% in patients with SUDs and 52.6% in patients without SUDs. Suicidal ideation (odds ratio 2.98 (95% CI 1.74–5.10)) emerged as a factor shared with patients without SUDs, while personality disorders (odds ratio 1.96 (1.12–3.40)) and a history of violence (odds ratio 1.86 (1.20–2.87)) were unique factors for patients with SUDs.
Conclusions - Ahistory of self-harm is prevalent in patients with SUDs who die by suicide and is associated with suicidal ideation, a history of violence and personality disorders in patients with SUDs.