| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,940,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,140,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Suicide is a common severe accident in hospitals. We aimed to examine the situation of inpatients suicide and post-suicide in Japanese hospitals. We conducted a questionnaire survey and analyzed according to the category of hospitals, such as general hospitals with and without a psychiatric ward, and psychiatric hospitals. As a result, 529 responded the survey (response rate: 38.4%). One hundred and seven suicides occurred in 83/432 general hospitals without psychiatric ward during April 2012-March 2015. Seventy-four suicides occurred in 42/63 general hospitals with psychiatric ward. And eighty-one suicides occurred in 27/34 psychiatric hospitals. Fifty percent of all suicides were of cancer patients out of psychiatric settings in general hospitals. Our study also found the lack of care for medical staff in charge of patients who died buy suicide. The hospitals and personnel experienced various kinds of problem on suicide occurrence.
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