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Revista Colombiana de Psiquiatría (English Edition) Clinical and Sociodemographic Variables as Risk Factors for Suicidal Behavior in...
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Vol. 54. Issue 1.
Pages 104-111 (January - March 2025)
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Vol. 54. Issue 1.
Pages 104-111 (January - March 2025)
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Clinical and Sociodemographic Variables as Risk Factors for Suicidal Behavior in Borderline Personality Disorder: A Restrospective Study
Variables clínicas y sociodemográficas como factores de riesgo de conducta suicida en el trastorno límite de la personalidad: un estudio retrospectivo
Íñigo Alberdi-Páramoa,b,
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inigoalb@ucm.es

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, Germán Montero-Hernándezb,c, María Dolores Sáiz-Gonzáleza,b, Marina Díaz-Marsáa,b,d, José Luis Carrasco-Pereraa,b,d
a Department of Psychiatry, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain
b Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
c Centre for Integral Care of Substance Dependence Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain
d Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental, CIBERSAM, Spain
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Table 1. Clinical and sociodemographic variables without statistically significant differences for suicide attempts.
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Table 2. Studied variables associated with suicide attempts through negative binomial regression.
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Abstract
Introduction and objective

Suicidal behavior (SB) is nuclear in Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). It is considered a symptom clinically relevant and with an important prognostic value. The literature describes different variables related to SB in BPD such as impulsivity, aggressiveness or hopelessness. There are not hardly any studies focused on the role of sociodemographic variables and their specific relationship with SB in BPD. The objective of this work is to identify which clinical and sociodemographic parameters could act as markers of suicide risk in BPD.

Methods

A cross-sectional, observational, and retrospective study was conducted of a sample of 134 patients diagnosed with BPD. The analysis of the association between variables was carried out with a multivariate negative binomial logistic regression model.

Results

SB is related to the number of siblings with statistical significance. Likewise, a greater number of suicide attempts is significantly associated with female gender, parenthood, permanent work, sick leaves and the number of previous hospital admissions. Both the presence of SB and a greater number of suicide attempts are significantly related to history of trauma in childhood and to the score in Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale.

Conclusions

These parameters could act as risk factors for SB in BPD. The role of these variables could be the subject of further research projects in order to identify them in clinical practice.

Keywords:
Borderline Personality Disorder
Suicide
Prevention
Anxiety
Trauma
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Introducción y objetivo

La conducta suicida (CS) es nuclear en el trastorno límite de la personalidad (TLP). Se considera un comportamiento clínicamente relevante y con un importante valor pronóstico. En la literatura se describen diferentes variables relacionadas con la CS en el TLP, como la impulsividad, la agresividad o la desesperanza. Apenas hay estudios centrados en el papel de las variables sociodemográficas y su relación específica con la CS en el TLP. El objetivo de este trabajo es identificar qué parámetros clínicos y sociodemográficos podrían actuar como marcadores de riesgo de suicidio en el TLP.

Métodos

Se realizó un estudio transversal, observacional y retrospectivo en una muestra de 134 pacientes diagnosticados de TLP. El análisis de la asociación entre variables se realizó con un modelo multivariante de regresión logística binomial negativa.

Resultados

La CS se relaciona significativamente con el número de hermanos. Asimismo, un mayor número de intentos de suicidio se asocia con el sexo femenino, la paternidad, el trabajo fijo, las bajas laborales y el número de ingresos hospitalarios previos. Tanto la presencia de CS como un mayor número de intentos de suicidio se relacionan significativamente con los antecedentes de trauma en la infancia y con la puntuación en la Escala Hamilton de Ansiedad.

Conclusiones

Estos parámetros podrían actuar como factores de riesgo de CS en el TLP. El papel de estas variables podría ser objeto de nuevos proyectos de investigación para identificarlas en la práctica clínica.

Palabras clave:
Trastorno límite de la personalidad
Suicidio
Prevención
Ansiedad
Trauma

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