. 2022; 21(3): 0-0

Is the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale a Useful Tool for Evaluating Suicide Patients in Emergency Department? A Cross-sectional Study

Volkan Celebi1, Adeviyye Karaca2, Ramazan Güven3, Mehmet Nuri Bozdemir2, Mustafa Keşaplı2, Burak Kulaksızoğlu4
1Department Of Emergency Medicine, Istanbul Medeniyet University Göztepe Education And Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
2Department Of Emergency Medicine, University Of Health Sciences Antalya Training And Research Hospital, Antalya, Turkey
3Department Of Emergency Medicine, Başakşehir Çam And Sakura City Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
4Department Of Psychiatry, Akdeniz University Hospital, Antalya, Turkey

Aim: Identifying patients presenting with suicide attempt, determining risk groups, and taking appropriate precautions for risky patients can prevent injuries and death. This study aims to determine the usability and possible benefits of the hospital anxiety and depression scale (HADS) in patients presenting to the emergency department with suicide attempt.
Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional observational survey study conducted in the emergency department of a tertiary hospital. One hundred and two patients were included in the study. Cronbach's alpha coefficient was used in the reliability analysis and determined as> 0.7.
Results and Conclusion: There was a significant difference between patients who had a previous suicide attempt in terms of HAD-A, HAD-D score, and HADS total scores compared to patients who had not attempted suicide before (p = 0.043, p = 0.031, p = 0.034, respectively). HADS is a beneficial scale that can be used by emergency physicians for patients who are admitted to the emergency department with a suicide attempt. HADS detected that patients who attempted suicide had a significant level of anxiety and depression. Besides, we concluded that patients who presented to the emergency department with repeated suicide attempts were in the higher risk group for anxiety and depression.

Keywords: emergency department, HADS, suicide attempt, anxiety, depression


Volkan Celebi, Adeviyye Karaca, Ramazan Güven, Mehmet Nuri Bozdemir, Mustafa Keşaplı, Burak Kulaksızoğlu. Is the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale a Useful Tool for Evaluating Suicide Patients in Emergency Department? A Cross-sectional Study. . 2022; 21(3): 0-0

Corresponding Author: Adeviyye Karaca, Türkiye


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