DIABETES MELLITUS AND SUICIDE RISK IN MALES AND FEMALES- A LITERATURE REVIEW
Author(s)
Bhutani MK1, Soni D2, Tiwari S1, Taneja A1
1BresMed Health Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Gurgaon, India, 2BresMed Health solutions India pvt ltd, Gurugram, India
OBJECTIVES: We identified the evidence reporting suicide risk among diabetes mellitus (DM) patients residing across North America, Europe and Asia. METHODS: A literature search using keywords such as “diabetes”, “suicide”, “suicidal ideation”, “suicidal behavior”, etc. was conducted in Embase® and MEDLINE® RESULTS: Of the 1,489 identified articles, 14 studies were included. Nine of these reported an association between suicide and diabetes (type 1 and 2) whereas two studies each reported the association specifically for type 1 and type 2 DM. Seven of the studies reported data for Europe, five for Asia and two for North America. A UK-based study by Gao et al. reported that suicide rates were significantly higher in men than in women (3.5 [95% CI 2.6–4.4] versus 0.9 [95% CI 0.5–1.3]) and varied across age groups. Suicide rate was higher in patients with depression than in those without (4.8 [95% CI 2.6–7.0] versus 1.6 [95% CI 1.2–2.1]). A US-based study by Campbell et al. reported 90 suicides in 25,565 men (corresponding to 383 suicides per 100,000) and 23 in 26,090 women (corresponding to 88 suicides per 100,000). Similar results were reported by other studies conducted across the three continents. The male-to-female suicide risk ratio indicated a risk more than two-folds higher in men. Suicide risk was higher among younger age groups, type 1 DM population and those with comorbid depression. CONCLUSIONS: Despite the paucity of data, the evidence suggests that suicide rates are higher in men than women. Younger people, type 1 DM and depressed patients are more prone to committing suicide.
Conference/Value in Health Info
2018-05, ISPOR 2018, Baltimore, MD, USA
Value in Health, Vol. 21, S1 (May 2018)
Code
PDB34
Topic
Epidemiology & Public Health
Disease
Diabetes/Endocrine/Metabolic Disorders