• Usama Bin Zubair

• Muhammad Azeem Khan

• Aneza Jalil

• Asif Kamal

• Asad Nizami

• Fareed Minhas,

• Shumaila Tasleem

Abstract

Background:This study was conductedassess the frequency of suicide attempt among the transgender population andanalyse the relationship of depression and other socio-demographic factors with the suicide attemptCross-sectional studyMethods:The sample population comprised of one hundred and forty-eighttransgender people of Rawalpindi and Islamabad. Suicidal attemptwas assessed by the simple question that “Have you ever performed an action with the intent to take your own life in your life time?” Answer of yes or no was recorded. Hamilton rating scale forDepression (HAM-D) was used to look for the presence of depression among the target population. Relationship of the age, smoking, family income, illicit substance use and depressionwas studied with the presence of suicidal attempt among these transgender population of twin cities of Pakistan.Results:A total of148transgender people were included in the final analysis. Mean age of the study participants was 38.24±3.18. Out of these,70.9% had no suicidal attempt in their whole lifewhile 29.1% had one or more suicidal attempts during the course of their life.Twelve had more than one suicidal attempt while 19 had attempt in last one year.Fifty-fivedidnot showed depression while 93 had depression on HAM-D.With binary logistic regression we found that presence of depression and low income had significant association with the presence ofsuicidal attempt among the target population.Conclusion:This study showed a high prevalence of suicidal attempts among the transgender population of twin cities of Pakistan. Routine screening for mental health problems should be performed on this high-risk group and adequate employment resources should be generated in order to enable them to earn their livelihood and prevent them from making attempts to take their own life.

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