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<journal-id>1029-3019</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[MEDISAN]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[MEDISAN]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1029-3019</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Centro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1029-30192023000400005</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Caracterización sociodemográfica y epidemiológica de niños y adolescentes con intento de suicidio en el municipio de Santiago de Cuba]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Sociodemographic and epidemiologic characterization of children and adolescents with suicide attempt in Santiago de Cuba municipality]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[Persaud]]></surname>
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<surname><![CDATA[Soler Santana]]></surname>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Donatien Rojas]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Nordis Caridad]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Inciarte Tamayo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Kenia]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Ministerio de Salud Pública de Guyana  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>República de Guyana</country>
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<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Centro Provincial de Higiene, Epidemiología y Microbiología  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Santiago de Cuba ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
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<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Infantil Norte Docente Dr. Juan de la Cruz Martínez Maceira  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Santiago de Cuba ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>27</volume>
<numero>4</numero>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1029-30192023000400005&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1029-30192023000400005&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1029-30192023000400005&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Introducción:  El intento de suicidio en las poblaciones infantojuveniles resulta un problema de salud grave en Cuba y el mundo.  Objetivo:  Caracterizar sociodemográfica y epidemiológicamente a pacientes en edades entre 6 y 18 años con intento de suicidio.  Métodos:  Se realizó un estudio observacional, descriptivo y transversal de 145 niños y adolescentes, ingresados en el Hospital Docente Infantil Sur Dr. Antonio María Béguez César de Santiago de Cuba por intento de suicidio, durante el 2018. Las historias clínicas individuales de cada paciente constituyeron la fuente de información y se seleccionaron variables demográficas y epidemiológicas.  Resultados:  Las féminas mostraron el mayor riesgo de intento de suicidio (27,9 por cada 10 000); asimismo, predominaron el grupo de edades de 15 a 18 años (64,8 %) y la ingestión de psicofármacos (84,1 %) como método para tratar de quitarse la vida, por ser fácilmente accesible. Los conflictos familiares (60,6 %) y la falta de apoyo familiar (46,2 %) se destacaron entre los principales factores asociados al comportamiento suicida.  Conclusiones:  Los niños y adolescentes de esta serie procedían de familias con conflictos y violencia doméstica, lo cual, junto a la falta de apoyo familiar, identificada en su medio, pudiera haber influido en la tentativa de suicidio.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Introduction:  The suicide attempt in children and young populations is a serious health problem in Cuba and the world.  Objective:  To characterize sociodemographic and epidemiologically the patients aged 6 and 18 with suicide attempt.  Methods: An observational, descriptive and cross-sectional study of 145 children and adolescents was carried out, who were admitted to Dr. Antonio María Beguez César Southern Children Teaching Hospital in Santiago de Cuba due to suicide attempt, during 2018. Each patient's individual medical records constituted the source of information and demographic and epidemiologic variables were selected.  Results:  The females showed the highest risk of suicide attempt (27.9 for each 10 000); likewise, the 15 to 18 age group (64.8%) and the psychoactive drug ingestion (84.1%) as a method to try to kill oneself, because it was easily accessible, prevailed. Family conflicts (60.6%) and the lack of family support (46.2%) were notable among the main factors associated with suicidal behavior.  Conclusions:  Children and adolescents in this series came from families with conflicts and domestic violence, which, along with the lack of the family support, identified in their environment, could have influenced the suicide attempt.]]></p></abstract>
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