Table 1 Characteristics of included studies
Province | First author (year) | Sample size | Duration of study (month) | Suicide resulta | Data collection procedure | Qualityb | Men (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad | Abasi (1992) | 154 | 12 | D - N | Hospital | Low | 18 |
Ilam | Keikhavani (1997) | 266 | 12 | D - N | Forensic medicine | Medium | 36 |
Lorestan | Koldi (1999) | 103 | 30 | D | Unknown | Low | 33 |
West Azerbaijan | Salary (2001) | 4015 | 12 | D -N | Hospital- Forensic medicine | Medium | 36 |
Kerman | Zohor (2001) | 44 | 1.5 | N | Unknown | Medium | 36 |
Mazandaran | Esmailnia (2001) | 136 | Unknown | D - N | Hospital | Medium | 0 |
Zarghami (2008) | 100 | Unknown | N | Hospital | High | Unknown | |
East Azerbaijan | Khazae (2001) | 301 | 6 | N | Hospital | Medium | 44 |
Semnan | Zafarghandi (2002) | 383 | 12 | N | Hospital | Low | Unknown |
South Khorasan | Mehran (2002) | 50 | 9 | N | Unknown | Medium | 30 |
Gilan | Rahbar (2002) | 240 | 4 | N | Hospital | Low | 41 |
Razavi Khorasan | Mohamadi (2003) | 207 | 6 | N | Hospital | Low | 31 |
Kosha (2008) | 106 | Unknown | N | Hospital | Medium | 49 | |
Ardabil | Molavi (2003) | 218 | 6 | N | Hospital | Medium | 39 |
Ghamari (2008) | 42 | 24 | N | Court records | Medium | 81 | |
Tehran | Karami (2003) | 83 | 24 | N | Hospital | Medium | 3 |
Alborz | Nojomi (2003) | 632 | 12 | N | Hospital | Medium | 38 |
National | Shirzad (2004) | 260 | 6 | D | Forensic medicine | Medium | 69 |
Qazvin | Eslami (2005) | 575 | 24 | N | Hospital | Medium | 30 |
Markazi | Rafiae (2007) | 4226 | 24 | D - N | Public health service | High | 40 |