Experiencing symptomatic reactions of fear in particular is associated with self-harm. Results suggest an urgent need to consider the impact of COVID-19 on people with a lifetime history of self-harm when designing interventions to help support people in reducing suicidal ideation and suicidal attempts. When adjusting for age, sex, ethnicity, social grade, and exposure to death and suicide, binary logistic regression showed higher levels of perceived symptomatic (or physiological) reactions to COVID-19 were associated with suicidal ideation (OR = 1.22, 95%CI 1.07, 1.39) and suicidal attempts (OR = 3.91, 95%CI 1.18, 12.96) in the past week.
Overall, 75.1, 40.2 and 74.3% of the total sample reported lifetime suicidal ideation, suicidal attempts and non-suicidal self-harm respectively. Chi-square was used to compare characteristics of our sample with available national data. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics and binary logistic regression. Main outcomes were self-reported COVID-19-related fear (based on the Fear of COVID-19 scale ), lifetime history of COVID-19, and lifetime history of self-harm.
MethodsĪ cross-sectional national online survey of UK adults who reported a lifetime history of self-harm ( n = 1029) was conducted. We therefore aimed to: (a) examine the relationship between reported self-harm and COVID-19-related fear, and (b) describe the characteristics of a community sample of people who reported a lifetime history of self-harm. Relatively little is known about the characteristics of people living in the community who have previously self-harmed and may benefit from interventions during and after COVID-19.
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