Study aims
Taken together, these results raise a key question. Can
community-based nurses estimate the likelihood of suicide
attempts in rural outpatients with schizophrenia using a
simple assessment? To answer this question, we designed this
study to understand the predictors of suicide attempts in
outpatients with schizophrenia in a rural Taiwanese community
by (1) asking patients simple questions about previous
health-related behaviours and (2) by checking hospitalisation
records in the health care system.