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Abstract：
The economic and social devastation wrought by the COVID-19 crisiscoupled with the unavailability of traditional coping resources is a \"perfect storm\" for suicide. Evidence suggests that its impact may be disproportionately high in low-and-middle-income countries. The study aimed to assess and compare nature and correlates of suicidesfrom news reportsduring the immediate pre-lockdown and lockdown phase of COVID-19 in Bangladesh and India. We performed analysis of suicide reports from purposively selected online vernacular and English newspapers of Bangladesh and two states/union territory in India, between January to June 2020. We divided the time period of observation into two phases: pre-lockdown and lockdown phase. Country wise findings between the two phases were compared in terms of demographic and characteristics of the reported suicide. A total of 769 news reports wereanalysed; 141 from Bangladesh and 628 from India. When compared to the pre-lockdown period, the odds of suicide by hanging was significantly higher during lockdownin India (adjusted Odds Ratios [aOR] = 3.8, p = 0.018) and Bangladesh (aOR = 3.1, p = 0.048). Suicide demographics in India were different from Bangladesh during lockdown; more males died by suicide in India (aOR = 2.7, p = 0.023) and more people died by hanging (aOR = 2.6, p = 0.029). The pandemic restrictions impacted suicide demographics in the studied regions of India and Bangladesh. Further research using population-based time-series data are warranted to investigate the issue.
摘要：
COVID-19危机造成的经济和社会破坏与传统应对资源的不可用是自杀的“完美风暴”。有证据表明，其影响在中低收入国家可能过高。该研究旨在评估和比较孟加拉国和印度COVID-19立即封锁和封锁阶段新闻报道中自杀的性质和相关性。我们对孟加拉国和印度两个州/联邦领土的故意选择的在线白话和英文报纸的自杀报告进行了分析，2020年1月至6月。我们将观察的时间段分为两个阶段：锁定前和锁定阶段。根据人口统计学和报告的自杀特征，比较了两个阶段之间的国别发现。共分析了769份新闻报道；141份来自孟加拉国，628份来自印度。与封锁前相比，在印度（调整赔率[aOR]=3.8，p=0.018）和孟加拉国（aOR=3.1，p=0.048）的封锁期间，绞刑自杀的几率显着增加。在封锁期间，印度的自杀人口统计与孟加拉国不同；在印度，更多的男性死于自杀（aOR=2.7，p=0.023），更多的人死于绞刑（aOR=2.6，p=0.029）。大流行限制影响了印度和孟加拉国研究地区的自杀人口统计数据。需要使用基于人群的时间序列数据进行进一步的研究来调查这个问题。
