The situation and guideline for suicide prevention: The stakeholder perspective Loei province Thailand

Abstract

These mixed method research were aimed to study situation and guideline suicide prevention: stakeholder perspectives in Loei province. The suicide data collected 4 years by suicide record form. The data analyzed by descriptive and analytical statistic. The One Way ANOVA (Tukey SHD) and Kruskal-Wallis Test were used. The research was fulfilled by qualitative research. The samplings were stakeholders and used tracing questions for focus group discussion and in-depth interviewed. After that, the suicide prevention guidelines were put into practice and evaluated. The data collected from October 2019 to September 2020. The research result reveal that 209 sampling. The samplings were male more 4 times than female. The average age was 43.13 years old (SD=16.085, Min=14, Max=87). The most mortality ratio was 9.58 per100,000. The suicide method was hanged 72.73 percent (Kruskal-Wallis Test, Chi=3.707, P-value=0.157). The suicide methods were not different in each group age. (F=0.764, p-value=0.467). The qualitative data showed that suicide risk groups do not have access to health services as and importance issue. The suicide prevention guidelines depend on local context. The proactive patient searched by village health volunteers for refers was an extension of the standard suicide prevention guidelines.