Does Sleep Apnea have anything to do with suicide? The results of a recent study suggests the two may be related.
The U.S. Military was dealing with a seemingly unexplainable problem. Over the last 10 years, the military suicide rate doubled! Now, obviously, being part of the military means that you’re put in dangerous situations – situations which tend to have negative traumatic effects even after someone’s service is finished. And while correlations between PTSD and suicide have been found, it’s not the entire reason why the suicide rate has doubled.
As of 2018, there is limited research assessing suicidal incidents and the association between sleep apnea and suicidal behaviour.
Using a sample of over 40 000, researchers looked for a link between sleep apnea and three possible suicidal categories: 1) Suicidal Ideation (SI), which is the consideration of committing suicide; 2) Suicidal Planning (SP); 3) Suicidal Attempt (SA). They also considered other factors like demographics, health ratings, use of substances, and depression in the past year.
Here’s what they found:
Only 2.9% (1179 / 41 086) had sleep apnea. However, those with sleep apnea were more likely to be in all 3 categories of suicidal behaviour. While only around 5% of the general sample had suicidal ideas, almost 10% of those with sleep apnea had those same ideas. For suicidal planning, it was 1.5% of the general sample and 3% of those with sleep apnea. Finally, for suicidal attempts, it was 0.7% of the general sample and 1% of those with sleep apnea. After considering the other factors (age, sex, ethnicity, substance use, depressive episodes), there was still a correlation between sleep apnea for both suicidal ideas and suicide planning. Sleep apnea did not significantly correlate with suicide attempts.
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Last Updated: May 3rd, 2024
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