The fraquency of self-harm behavior among adolescents both age treatea in University department of child and adolescent psychiatry 2007.-2014.

Cilj istraživanja. Utvrditi učestalost samoozljeđivanja i ovisnost toga ponašanja o različitim čimbenicima kao što su dob, spol, školski uspjeh, socioekonomski status i sl. Nacrt studije. Retrospektivna studija. Ispitanici i metode. U istraživanju je sudjelovalo 105 adolescenata. Podatci su dobiveni pregledavanjem povijesti bolesti i otpusnih pisama svih osoba starosti 11 – 19 godina koji su stacionarno liječeni na Zavodu za dječju i adolescentnu psihijatriju od 1. siječnja 2010. do 31. prosinca 2015. godine Rezultati. Od ukupnog broja pacijenata, 80 % ih je bilo ženskoga spola. Medijan je dobi bio 15 godina. Nanošenje reznih rana oštrim predmetima (staklo, žilet, šestar, skalpel) čini 86,7 % svih ozljeda. U lošoj je financijskoj situaciji 13,6 % obitelji. Postoji statistički značajna korelacija između konzumacije alkohola i učestalosti samoozljeđivanja. Ostali se čimbenici nisu pokazali dovoljno utjecajnima. Najviše komorbiditeta pripada grupi poremećaja ponašanja. Zaključak. Ženski je spol četiri puta zastupljeniji u ovome uzorku unutarbolničke populacije iako nije dokazana razlika u učestalosti samoozljeđivanja između spolova. Ovo ponašanje postaje sve češćim, a to dokazuje udvostručenje hospitaliziranih tijekom 2015. godine te je, kako bi se ono smanjilo, potrebno provoditi kvalitetne prevencijske programe.Title. The frequency of self-harm behaviour among adolescents treated at the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry with Daily Hospital treatment from 2010 to 2016 and relevance according to age and sex. Objectives. To determine the prevalence of deliberate self-harm in adolescents and the effect of its risk factors such as age, sex, school grades, socioeconomic status and so forth. Study design. Retrospective study. Participants and methods. Data was collected from the medical records of 105 adolescents aged 11 – 19 who were hospitalised at the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry with Daily Hospital treatment because of self-injurious behaviour from January 1st 2010 to December 31st 2015. Results. Out of all patients, 80 % were females. Median age was 15. Self-cutting (scalpel, shards of glass, razor blades, compass) was the most common way of inflicting injuries to one’s self (86.7 %). Families in poor financial situation comprised only 13.6 %. There is a statistically significant correlation between alcohol consumption and frequency of self-harm. Other risk factors proved statistically insignificant. Most comorbidities are conduct disorders. Conclusion. Female sex is four times more prevalent in this sample of in-patient population although there was not statistically significant difference in DSH between sexes. Self-injurious behaviour is becoming more common and this statement is confirmed by the doubling number of adolescents hospitalised during 2015. So, to stop this trend, it is imperative that quality prevention measures are introduced.