The impact of physical pain on suicidal thoughts and behaviors: Meta-analyses

Publication date: Available online 11 September 2015 Source:Journal of Psychiatric Research Author(s): Raffaella Calati, Camelia Laglaoui, Sylvaine Artero, Mark Ilgen, Philippe Courtet Although the relationship between physical pain and suicidal thoughts and behaviors has been explored in multiple epidemiologic and clinical studies, it is still far from being well understood. Consequently, we conducted a meta-analysis of studies comparing rates of suicidal thoughts and behaviors in individuals with and without physical pain. We searched MEDLINE and PsycINFO (May 2015) for studies comparing rates of current and lifetime suicidal thoughts and behaviors (death wish, suicide ideation, plan, attempt and death: DW, SI, SP, SA, SD) in individuals with any type of physical pain (headache, back, neck, chest, musculoskeletal, abdominal and pelvic pains, arthritis, fibromyalgia, medically unexplained pain, and other not specified pain) versus those without it. Data were analyzed with Cochrane Collaboration Review Manager Software (RevMan, version 5.3). We assessed the methodological quality of the studies with the STROBE statement. Of the 31 included studies, three focused on lifetime DW, twelve focused on current SI (six lifetime), six focused on current SP (two lifetime), nine focused on current SA (11 lifetime) and eight on SD. Individuals with physical pain were more likely to report lifetime DW (p=0.0005), both current and lifetime SI (both p<0.00001), SP (curr...
Source: Journal of Psychiatric Research - Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research