Risk Factors for Attempted Suicide and Suicide Death Among South-East Asian Women: A Scoping Review

Anil Fastenau, Matthew Willis (), Srilekha Penna, Lahari Yaddanapudi, Madhumitha Balaji, Rahul Shidhaye and Eva Pilot
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Anil Fastenau: Marie Adelaide Leprosy Center, Karachi 74400, Pakistan
Matthew Willis: Marie Adelaide Leprosy Center, Karachi 74400, Pakistan
Srilekha Penna: German Leprosy and Tuberculosis Relief Association (DAHW), 97080 Wuerzburg, Germany
Lahari Yaddanapudi: Department of Health, Ethics & Society, Care and Public Health Research Institute CAPHRI, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, 6229 ER Maastricht, The Netherlands
Madhumitha Balaji: Department of Health, Ethics & Society, Care and Public Health Research Institute CAPHRI, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, 6229 ER Maastricht, The Netherlands
Rahul Shidhaye: Department of Health, Ethics & Society, Care and Public Health Research Institute CAPHRI, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, 6229 ER Maastricht, The Netherlands
Eva Pilot: Department of Health, Ethics & Society, Care and Public Health Research Institute CAPHRI, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, 6229 ER Maastricht, The Netherlands

IJERPH, 2024, vol. 21, issue 12, 1-18

Abstract: Worldwide, attempted suicide and suicide death are one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality. Women in South-East Asia are especially vulnerable, as almost 50% of all global female suicides occur in the 11 countries of the WHO South-East Asia Region. This scoping literature analysis aimed to identify and analyze the predictors or risk factors for attempted suicide and suicide death among South-East Asian women. A scoping literature review was conducted. Five databases—PubMed, MEDLINE, EBSCOhost, PsycINFO, and EMBASE—were searched. Forty studies and twelve literature reviews were eligible for inclusion. Women in South-East Asia, particularly those who are young and married, living in poverty, with low or no education, living in rural areas, with no employment outside the home, with lower socioeconomic position, and living within joint families are highly vulnerable to suicidality. This review identified gender disadvantage, infertility, domestic abuse, intimate partner violence, family conflicts, husband’s alcohol misuse, child marriage, forced marriages, and dowry disputes as the most significant predictors of attempted suicide and suicide death among South-East Asian women. A better understanding of the phenomenon is essential to develop effective gender-specific and culturally appropriate suicide prevention strategies or interventions.

Keywords: suicide; attempted suicide; South-East Asia Region; women; risk factors; predictors (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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