Appendix A The evidence profile This appendix provides a summary of each of the papers and reports included in the review and their degree of conformity to the three evaluation criteria—quality and risk of bias, quantity (that is, the number of study participants), and their generalisability to the population of interest. behaviour and ideation in the Australian community A.1 Suicidal Summary of results Evaluation criteria Quantity Country, study Quality and risk of (number of Author(s) group and period Main measure Rates/prevalence Risk factors/groups bias participants) Generalisability De Leo et Brisbane and Gold Non-fatal suicidal 0.4% of participants had attempted suicide Individuals reporting a suicide Provides clearly 11,572 High al., 2005 Coast residents from behaviour in the in the preceding 12 months and 4.2% had attempt or plan often had problems defined persons generalisability to the general Australian community attempted suicide in lifetime. 10.4% with their partners (40.7%), followed population and aged over 18 metropolitan population through the WHO of the overall sample had seriously by financial difficulties (24.1%), reliable Queensland SUPRE-MISS study considered suicide in their lifetime and problems with parents (22.8%) and standardised data 4.4% had made a suicide plan difficulty in forming and sustaining collection method social relationships (21.7%) Page et al., Australian suicide Secular trends in SES The largest disparities in suicide rates for Young males with low SES Provides clearly All suicides High 2006 cases with differentials in different SES were witnessed in males, defined (Australian generalisability to status suicides in Australia particularly young males. In the most population and Bureau of Australian obtained from recent period suicide rates among young reliable Statistics) community censuses from 1979 males increased in the low SES group from standardised data to 2003 44.8 per 100,000 in 1994–1998 to 48.6 per collection method 100,000 in 1999–2003 (an 8% increase). Suicide rates in the middle SES group decreased from a peak of 37.3 per 100,000 to 33.5 per 100,000 (a 10% decrease) and in the high SES group from 33.0 per 100,000 to 27.9 per 100,000 (a 15% decrease)
Appendix A The evidence profile This appendix provides a summary of each of the papers and reports included in the review and their degree of conformity to the three evaluation criteria—quality and risk of bias, quantity (that is, the number of study participants), and their generalisability to the population of interest. A.1 Suicidal behaviour and ideation in the Australian community Author(s) Country, study group and period Main measure Summary of results Evaluation criteria Rates/prevalence Risk factors/groups Quality and risk of bias Quantity (number of participants) Generalisability De Leo et al., 2005 Brisbane and Gold Coast residents from the general population Non-fatal suicidal behaviour in the Australian community through the WHO SUPRE-MISS study 0.4% of participants had attempted suicide in the preceding 12 months and 4.2% had attempted suicide in lifetime. 10.4% of the overall sample had seriously considered suicide in their lifetime and 4.4% had made a suicide plan Individuals reporting a suicide attempt or plan often had problems with their partners (40.7%), followed by financial difficulties (24.1%), problems with parents (22.8%) and difficulty in forming and sustaining social relationships (21.7%) Provides clearly defined population and reliable standardised data collection method 11,572 persons aged over 18 High generalisability to metropolitan Queensland Page et al., 2006 Australian suicide cases with status obtained from censuses from 1979 to 2003 Secular trends in SES differentials in suicides in Australia The largest disparities in suicide rates for different SES were witnessed in males, particularly young males. In the most recent period suicide rates among young males increased in the low SES group from 44.8 per 100,000 in 1994–1998 to 48.6 per 100,000 in 1999–2003 (an 8% increase). Suicide rates in the middle SES group decreased from a peak of 37.3 per 100,000 to 33.5 per 100,000 (a 10% decrease) and in the high SES group from 33.0 per 100,000 to 27.9 per 100,000 (a 15% decrease) Young males with low SES Provides clearly defined population and reliable standardised data collection method All suicides (Australian Bureau of Statistics) High generalisability to Australian community
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