Availability, Effectiveness, and Sufficiency of Suicide Prevention Services: A Global Effort during the COVID-19 Pandemic

自杀率的惊人上升是当今社会日益关注的问题，这归因于个人生活方式的选择。情绪不稳定和精神障碍是导致这种极端决定的主要因素。尽管为解决这一问题作出了努力，但获得保健服务的机会有限仍然是一个重大挑战。正在进行的COVID-19大流行使情况恶化，导致广泛的焦虑、抑郁和自杀念头。为了防止自杀率激增，加强自杀预防服务至关重要。因此，本研究旨在评估自杀预防保健服务的可得性、有效性和患者体验。我们成功地编制了一份问卷，并进行了一项横断面观察性调查，以寻找面临挑战的领域或可能改善的医疗服务，以防止自杀。我们收到了来自全球1094条自杀求助热线的514条回复。收集到的数据将被分析以描述研究人群；均值和标准差将用于连续变量和描述分类变量的频率和百分比。将进行多变量回归分析，以确定与结果相关的因素。

The alarming rise in suicide rates is a growing concern in society today, attributed to the lifestyle choices of individuals. Emotional instability and psychiatric disorders are the major contributing factors leading to such drastic decisions. Despite the efforts to address this issue, limited access to healthcare services remains a significant challenge. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has worsened the situation, resulting in widespread anxiety, depression, and suicidal ideation. To prevent a surge in suicide rates, it is crucial to strengthen suicide prevention services. Hence, our study aims to assess the availability, effectiveness, and patient experience of suicide prevention healthcare services.We successfully developed a questionnaire and conducted a cross-sectional, observational survey to search for areas of challenges or possible improvement of healthcare services to prevent suicide. We received 514 responses from the estimated total of 1094 suicide helplines in the world. The collected data will be analyzed to describe the study population; means and SDs will be used for continuous variables and frequencies and percentages described categorical variables. Multivariable regression analysis will be performed to identify the associated factors with the outcome.