Family, Health, and Poverty Factors Impacting Suicide Attempts in Cambodian Women

Abstract

Abstract. Background: Our recent report demonstrates that 5.5% of Cambodian women have previously attempted suicide. Despite these high rates and critical need for intervention, research on suicide attempts in Cambodia is lacking, and life-saving information on suicide prevention is therefore unknown. Aims: This study explores factors impacting Cambodian women suicide attempts. Method: A total of 1,801 women participated in the large national survey during which 100 of these women (5.5%) reported at least one suicide attempt. Of the 100 participants 76 provided qualitative reasons for the suicide attempts. Only the 76 who provided the reasons for suicide attempt were included for analysis in this study. Results: Four major themes emerged: (1) family conflict, (2) emotional distress, (3) poverty, and (4) illness. Family conflict, emotional distress, poverty, and illness were all interrelated with each other; for example, women without money were unable to pay for treatment of otherwise treatable illnesses. Limitations: Owing to the nature of the data collection, member checking could not be conducted. Conclusion: Cumulative and intertwined personal, interpersonal, and contextual-level factors impacting suicide attempts included emotional distress, illness, family conflict, and poverty. Findings highlight points of intervention at individual, familial, and contextual levels to prevent suicide.

The effect of common mental disorders on suicidal attempts by women, during pregnancy and six to nine years after birth

“…In Bangladesh, Li et al (2021) 26 found a 6.5% rate of SA among women, most (88.5%) occurring within one year after pregnancy. Similarly, Seponski et al (2019) 27 , in Cambodia, found a 5.5% prevalence of SA among women (n = 100).…”

Efeito dos transtornos mentais comuns na gestação e seis a nove anos pós-parto para a tentativa de suicídio em mulheres

“…Em Bangladesh, Li et al (2021) 26 encontraram taxa de TS de 6,5% entre mulheres, com a maioria delas (88,5%) ocorrendo em até um ano após a gravidez. Similarmente, Seponski et al (2019) 27 , no Camboja, identificaram prevalência de TS em mulheres de 5,5% (n = 100).…”

Predicting Suicide in Counties: Creating a Quantitative Measure of Suicide Risk

“…Numerous studies have supported the notion that suicide is associated with an individual's financial status, but rather that association is positive or negative depends on both the population of interest and other factors at play [21][22][23]. These studies have spanned numerous nations across the globe but include considerably more Western countries [6,20,24,25].…”

“…These studies have spanned numerous nations across the globe but include considerably more Western countries [6,20,24,25]. Studies of survivors of suicide attempts in South Korea and Europe found financial stress to be one of the most commonly reported reasons for a suicide attempt for middle-aged individuals, while a similar study of female suicide attempt survivors in Cambodia found poverty to be one of four reasons reported for attempting suicide [22,26,27]. Quantitative analyses of suicide rates in Brazil, Germany, China, and other nations have concluded that economic deprivation is positively correlated with rates of death by suicide, while economic success is negatively correlated with rates of death by suicide [5,17,28,29].…”