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Religion and Completed Suicide: a Meta-Analysis

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  • Andrew Wu
  • Jing-Yu Wang
  • Cun-Xian Jia

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Introduction: Suicide is a major public health concern and a leading cause of death around the world. How religion influences the risk of completed suicide in different settings across the world requires clarification in order to best inform suicide prevention strategies. Methods: A meta-analysis using search results from Pubmed and Web of Science databases was conducted following PRISMA protocol and using the keywords “religion” or “religious” or “religiosity” or “spiritual” or “spirituality” plus “suicide” or “suicidality” or “suicide attempt”. Random and fixed effects models were used to generate pooled ORs and I2 values. Sub-analyses were conducted among the following categories: young age (

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  • Andrew Wu & Jing-Yu Wang & Cun-Xian Jia, 2015. "Religion and Completed Suicide: a Meta-Analysis," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 10(6), pages 1-14, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0131715
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0131715
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