Approach to autolytic ideation from Primary Care. What do the professionals think about it?

Abstract

Approach to autolytic ideation from Primary Care. What do the professionals think about it?

Goals:

1. To know the opinión of Primary Care professionals on the detection of self-harm risk and patient care in this situation.
2. To know the difficulties that arise from the above.

Design: Cross-sectional study base don a survey.

Setting: Primary Care.

Participants: doctors specialized at Family and Community Medicine, residents of Family and Community Medicine, Primary Care nurses and Primary Care social workers. Selection criterio: to work or have worked in a health center in some of these profesional categorires. Sample size: n=132.

Main measurements: opinion of Primary Care professionals about their role in caring for patients with self-harm ideation. Variables included: sex, age, time worked in a health center.

Results: among those surveyed, 94,7% say that they have ever cared for patients at risk of autolysis, and 98,5% believe that Primary Care plays an important role in their care and support. Lack of time, care overload and lack of training stand out as the most important limitations.

Conclusions: the study sample believes, for the most part, that Primary Care is a good means for detecting and supporting people with self-harm ideation. However, it recognizes the existence of limitations: lack of time, care overload and lack of training stand out.

Keywords: Suicide, Prevention, Primary Care.