2026-11-092026-11-09https://scholars.csmu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/37908Background?HGPrevious literatures have shown most of the suicides had depression and they had been contacted with general health care than mental health system prior to suicide. Therefore, early recognize the characteristics of help seeking behaviors and management of the depression had become important strategies in the suicide prevention. Most studies on this topic using psychological autopsy or chart review, which will be limited by the sample and area, thus the results cannot explain how many suicides really being diagnosed or treated of depression. Objective?HGThe purpose of this study was to describe suicides?H?H contact with health care within one year before their death and examine the linkage with depression. Methods?HGData on the people who committed suicide in Taiwan in the period of 1998-2002?H][E950-E959]?H^were identified in the Register of Causes of death (RCD). Using the citizen identical number to link with the NHID with 1997-2001, their medical care records within one year prior to suicide were extracted. The severity level of depression coding will be defined using the focus group of senior psychiatrists. Different periods of contact with various health care systems as well as their diagnoses and medications were analysis.背景:過去的文獻顯示,自殺者生前多有憂鬱,而接觸一般醫療者多於接觸精神醫療。因此提早找出自殺者的特徵與求醫行為,並積極治療憂鬱症,成了自殺防治的重要策略。以前對於去了解自殺者生前的求醫行為與特徵及憂鬱症診斷,多是採用心理解剖或是醫療紀錄回顧的方法,結果會受限於地域,無法具有全國的代表性,並且追溯自殺者生前應已合乎憂鬱症的診斷,並無法說明有多少比例實際被診斷為憂鬱症。台灣的健保資料庫提供了了解自殺者生前實際就醫行為的機會。目的:本研究可利用健保資料庫全國樣本、完整醫療紀錄的特性,分析台灣地區自殺個案生前的求醫行為與憂鬱症之相關。包括: (1)生前一年、三個月、一個月,接觸一般醫療與精神醫療之次數、比例與科別差異為何?(2)生前一年、三個月、一個月,在一般醫療與精神醫療之門診或住院的次數、比例、科別差異為何?(3)其自殺死亡距離最後一次門診或住院的時間為何?(4)生前就被診斷有憂鬱症的比例有多少?被診斷其他精神疾病的比例有多少?(5)自殺死亡個案中,憂鬱症組與非憂鬱症組的特徵與求醫行為的差異為何?(6)生前曾使用抗憂鬱劑的比例有多少?使用何種抗憂鬱劑?劑量?時間?(7)有求醫者與完全不求醫者,有何特徵差異?(8)生前醫療求助的時序型途徑為何?最後(9)依照不同特徵的危險族群與求醫型態,建議不同的防治策略供決策參考。方法:採次級資料分析法。首先利用行政院衛生署所提供之民國九十年的台灣地區死因資料檔,選取所有自殺死亡([E950-E959])的民眾為研究樣本,並請中央健保局以身分證字號連接八十九年到九十年的「住院醫療費用清單明細檔」、「住院醫療費用醫令清單明細檔」、「門診處方及治療明細檔」、「門診處方醫令明細檔」,以獲取自殺者生前一年的門診與住院資料。將結果區分為生前一年、三個月內、一個月內的醫療使用,定義不同嚴重程度的憂鬱症診斷標準,以了解各種輕重程度憂鬱症的實際就醫特徵行為,以敘述統計及變異數分析的方式,分析自殺者生前不同時期的就醫接觸,與憂鬱症之關聯。自殺醫療接觸憂鬱抗憂鬱劑suicidecontact with health servicesdepressionantidepressants自殺個案生前的求醫行為與憂鬱症相關性之探討---健保資料庫分析Project