Methods of suicide used by people with cancer: a scoping review protocol [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]

Background People with cancer are at a higher risk of suicide than the general population. Access to means of suicide is an important volitional risk factor, that if targeted at a population level can reduce incidence of suicide deaths. People with cancer are often prescribed multiple medications th...

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Main Authors: Daisy Wiggin, Eugene Cassidy, Doireann Ni Dhalaigh, Paul Corcoran, Fahmi Ismail, Zubair Kabir
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author Daisy Wiggin
Eugene Cassidy
Doireann Ni Dhalaigh
Paul Corcoran
Fahmi Ismail
Zubair Kabir
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description Background People with cancer are at a higher risk of suicide than the general population. Access to means of suicide is an important volitional risk factor, that if targeted at a population level can reduce incidence of suicide deaths. People with cancer are often prescribed multiple medications that have a high case fatality when taken in overdose and therefore have increased access to specific means of high lethality self-harm. The aim of this review is to examine the methods of suicide used by people with cancer, the study designs used to explore these and what, if any, comparisons have been made to the general population. Methods This scoping review will follow JBI scoping review methodology guidelines and be reported according to PRISMA-ScR checklist; a systematic search will be conducted of Embase (Elsevier), CINAHL Plus (EBSCO), PsycINFO (EBSCO), PsychARTICLES(EBSCO), and PubMed (NCBI) databases and grey literature sources. A data collection tool will be specifically designed and piloted independently by two reviewers. Findings will be presented descriptively, graphically, and narratively. Results The results of this review will identify the breadth of evidence in relation to methods of suicide used by people with cancer, explore how different methods are defined and categorised, how the topic has been studied, and ascertain if a systematic review is possible.
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spelling doaj-art-17cb76e0f09541d0afd1bb24ab6d7d962025-08-20T03:50:21ZengF1000 Research LtdHRB Open Research2515-48262025-06-01710.12688/hrbopenres.13886.215593Methods of suicide used by people with cancer: a scoping review protocol [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]Daisy Wiggin0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7114-7999Eugene Cassidy1Doireann Ni Dhalaigh2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7636-0043Paul Corcoran3https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1201-7136Fahmi Ismail4Zubair Kabir5University College Cork, Cork, County Cork, IrelandUniversity College Cork, Cork, County Cork, IrelandUniversity College Cork, Cork, County Cork, IrelandNational Suicide Research Foundation, Cork, County Cork, IrelandCork University Hospital, Cork, IrelandUniversity College Cork, Cork, County Cork, IrelandBackground People with cancer are at a higher risk of suicide than the general population. Access to means of suicide is an important volitional risk factor, that if targeted at a population level can reduce incidence of suicide deaths. People with cancer are often prescribed multiple medications that have a high case fatality when taken in overdose and therefore have increased access to specific means of high lethality self-harm. The aim of this review is to examine the methods of suicide used by people with cancer, the study designs used to explore these and what, if any, comparisons have been made to the general population. Methods This scoping review will follow JBI scoping review methodology guidelines and be reported according to PRISMA-ScR checklist; a systematic search will be conducted of Embase (Elsevier), CINAHL Plus (EBSCO), PsycINFO (EBSCO), PsychARTICLES(EBSCO), and PubMed (NCBI) databases and grey literature sources. A data collection tool will be specifically designed and piloted independently by two reviewers. Findings will be presented descriptively, graphically, and narratively. Results The results of this review will identify the breadth of evidence in relation to methods of suicide used by people with cancer, explore how different methods are defined and categorised, how the topic has been studied, and ascertain if a systematic review is possible.https://hrbopenresearch.org/articles/7-31/v2Suicide Cancereng
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Methods of suicide used by people with cancer: a scoping review protocol [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]
HRB Open Research
Suicide
Cancer
eng
title Methods of suicide used by people with cancer: a scoping review protocol [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]
title_full Methods of suicide used by people with cancer: a scoping review protocol [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]
title_fullStr Methods of suicide used by people with cancer: a scoping review protocol [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]
title_full_unstemmed Methods of suicide used by people with cancer: a scoping review protocol [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]
title_short Methods of suicide used by people with cancer: a scoping review protocol [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]
title_sort methods of suicide used by people with cancer a scoping review protocol version 2 peer review 2 approved
topic Suicide
Cancer
eng
url https://hrbopenresearch.org/articles/7-31/v2
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