Multiple Sclerosis and Suicide Attempts: A Review including a Meta-Analysis of Prevalence

Table 2

Summary of 13 included studies in a systematic review on MS and suicide attempts.

Author (year) [ref]	Country	Design	Population	Suicide attempts	Effect size proportion	Follow-up	Time of inclusion
Sandyk and Awerbuch 1993 [23]	USA	Cohort	28	6		Retrospective lifetime	Treatment at clinic
Fisk et al. 1998 [25]	Canada	Case-control	2,542	17		3-year prospective	Hospital separation
Feinstein 2002 [26]	Canada	Cross-sectional	140	9		Retrospective lifetime	Treatment at clinic
Korostil and Feinstein 2007 [27]	Canada	Cross-sectional	140	7		Retrospective lifetime	Treatment at clinic
Stenager et al. 2011 [28]	Denmark	Cohort	404	8		Minimum 3-year prospective	Diagnosis
Capkun et al. 2015 [29]	USA	Cohort	15,684	15		Retrospective 4 years	Diagnosis
de Cerqueira et al. 2015 [30]	Brazil	Case-control	60	5		Retrospective lifetime	Treatment at clinic
Brenner et al. 2016 [24]	Sweden	Case-control	29,164	423		Retrospective 12.5 years	Diagnosis
Eliasen et al. 2018 [31]	Denmark	Case-control	362	48		Retrospective 7 years	Diagnosis
Asgarian et al. 2020 [32]	Iran	Cross-sectional	276	21		Retrospective lifetime	Diagnosis
Ouallet et al. 2020 [33]	France	Cohort	70	1		24-month prospective	Treatment at clinic
Zhao et al. 2021 [34]	China	Cross-sectional	931	22		Retrospective lifetime	Diagnosis
Sariaslani et al. 2021 [35]	Iran	Cross-sectional	203	17		Unknown	Treatment at clinic

= proportion in the sample; separation = discharge from hospital.