Original Research Article
Year: 2021 | Month: December | Volume: 8 | Issue: 12 | Pages: 431-437
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijrr.20211253
Comparative Study of Trend of Suicidal Cases in the Lockdown Period During Severe Phase of First Wave of COVID-19 with Those in Second Wave in Patna among Dead Bodies Brought for Autopsy at Nalanda Medical College, Patna - A Retrospective Study
Rajiv Ranjan Das1, Kumar Saurav2, Radha Raman Singh3
1Associate Professor, Department of F.M.T, Nalanda Medical College, Patna, India.
2Tutor, Department of F.M.T, Nalanda Medical College, Patna, India.
3Associate Professor, Department of F.M.T, Nalanda Medical College, Patna, India.
Corresponding Author: Kumar Saurav
ABSTRACT
Introduction: There is hardly a person in the world who is not affected by the fearsome covid19 pandemic either physically, psychologically and socio-economically. It has caused extreme mental stress to not only those infected but also those who had to remain indoors for prolonged period due to lockdown. The second wave in 2021 was deadlier with many casualties though there was no pan INDIA lockdown this time.
Aims and Objectives: 1) To study and compare all confirmed suicidal deaths in the first lockdown period upto its severe period (Upto June 2020) with suicidal cases during the second phase of COVID-19, from March to June 2021 approximately.
2) Demographic analysis of suicidal cases with determinants like incidence, sex, & age wise distribution, mode of suicide, any specific causes etc, will be studied & evaluated for any perceptible change between the severe phases of first & second waves
Materials and Methods: It is retrospective ,record review analytical and comparative study based on postmortem examination reports of all cases conducted by all doctors of department of FMT, Nalanda Medical College, Patna who did autopsy during both periods of study together with study of all police inquests, requisitions(challans), sent by the police investigating officers of concerned cases.
Study period- a) 25th march 2020 to June 2020 (lockdown phase). b) March 2021 to June 2021
Results: Total number of suicides was more in Lockdown period of the First wave (10.88%) than in the in the 2nd phase in 2021(9.87%). In the First phase the cases of hanging were 75% & due to poisoning 25%. But in the 2nd phase hanging accounted for the 62.5%, poisoning 31.25% & Drowning 6.25%.
Conclusions: Lockdown had more impact on the mental health of a person in Covid than the actual severity of the disease as the number of suicides decreased in the 2nd phase though it was more severe. Financial concerns & perils of confined life added to the fear of the unknown disease in lockdown & in the second phase people were more prepared mentally & financially to combat the disease.
Keywords: covid, lockdown, suicide, hanging, autopsy.
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