Association Between Domestic Violence And Suicide In Patients With Depression

Objective: To explore the association between domestic violence (DV) and suicide with depression, and to provide foundation for intervention of suicide with depression. Methods: 38 depressed patients with DV were compared with 34 ones with no-DV by the assessment of the self-compiled scale of DV, the Hamilton Depression Scale, the Social Supporting Rating Scale, the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire( EPQ) and the Trait Coping Style Questionnaire, suiside degree (light degree :poradic suicidal idea, middle degree: frequent suicidal idea, serious degree: suiside abortion). Results: (1)There was distinctive association between DV and frequent suicidal idea and suicide abortion: The odds ratio (ORs) of frequent suicidal idea comparing with no suicide was 11.333 (x2=9.528, P=0.006) . The ORs of suicide abortion comparing with no suicide was 16.800 (x2=11.386, P=0.001). There was significant association between DV and frequent suicidal idea, suicide abortion in female patients (ORs=15.000, 9.000; x2=8.224, 5.490; respectively, P<0.05), and only suicide abortion in male patients ( ORs=7.000, x2=2.872, P<0.05 ) . (2) The group with DV got significantly lower scores of total social supporting (t=2.19, P<0.05), but higher scores of negative coping, EPQ-N, EPQ-P, than the group with no-DV did (t=-2.64, -2.10, -2.56, respectively, P<0.05). (3) The male group with DV got significantly lower scores of subjective supporting andtotal social supporting , than the male group with no-DV did (t=2.42, 2.17, respectively, P<0.05). but higher scores of negative coping than the male group with no-DV did (t=2.19, P<0.05). The female group with DV got significantly higher scores of EPQ-N than the female group with no-DV did (t=-2.79, P<0.05), but lower scores of used supporting degree than the female group with no-DV did (t=3.15, P<0.05). Conclusion: There was significant association between domestic violence and suicide with depression. The more suicide degree was, the more association was seen. Social supporting, coping styles or personality, etc, were also possibly the influence factors of suicide with depression. It is important to provide domestic therapy, advanced intervention, coping skill and social supporting for abused patients.