Suicide is a major issue in surgically treated epileptic patients. A meta-analysis was performed comparing suicides in a sample of such patients and in the general population. The Index Medicus and the World Health Statistics Annual were searched to ascertain the suicide rates in the age groups indicated in the studies of epileptic patients for specific years and country. 11 studies were selected, comprising 2,425 patients, 24 of whom committed suicide. Data obtained for each study were processed together to calculate the mean number of suicides per 100,000 individuals with surgically treated epilepsy for each year. This meta-analysis shows that suicide in patients with epilepsy after surgical treatment is more frequent than in the general population. Results are discussed with particular attention to possible causative factors.
Suicide after surgical treatment in patients with epilepsy: a meta-analytic investigation / Pompili, Maurizio; Girardi, Paolo; Tatarelli, G; Angeletti, Gloria; Tatarelli, Roberto. - In: PSYCHOLOGICAL REPORTS. - ISSN 0033-2941. - 98(2):(2006), pp. 323-338. [10.2466/pr0.98.2.323-338]
Suicide after surgical treatment in patients with epilepsy: a meta-analytic investigation.
POMPILI, Maurizio;GIRARDI, Paolo;ANGELETTI, Gloria;TATARELLI, Roberto
2006
Abstract
Suicide is a major issue in surgically treated epileptic patients. A meta-analysis was performed comparing suicides in a sample of such patients and in the general population. The Index Medicus and the World Health Statistics Annual were searched to ascertain the suicide rates in the age groups indicated in the studies of epileptic patients for specific years and country. 11 studies were selected, comprising 2,425 patients, 24 of whom committed suicide. Data obtained for each study were processed together to calculate the mean number of suicides per 100,000 individuals with surgically treated epilepsy for each year. This meta-analysis shows that suicide in patients with epilepsy after surgical treatment is more frequent than in the general population. Results are discussed with particular attention to possible causative factors.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.