Prevalence and Predisposing Factors of Suicidal Ideation Among the University Students in Bangladesh: A Single-Site Survey

Mamun, Mohammed A.; Rayhan, Istihak; Akter, Khaleda; Griffiths, Mark D.

doi:10.1007/s11469-020-00403-z

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“…Along with these, a number of psychopathological factors (eg, depression, anxiety, stress, insomnia, suicidal thought history, suicide attempt history, and family with a history of suicide) were found to be significantly intensifying the suicidal ideation risk; 21 , 23 , 24 which should be considered more critically. Because mental health problems being the proximal suicide risk factors, 5 , 6 whereas psychological disorders attribute around 90% of the global suicide occurrences. In addition, other factors reported in this review may also play a significant role in intensifying the contribution of mental disorders to acquire more capability in suicide completion as mediators.…”

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“…A few prior stages ought to pass before a suicide completion, which includes suicidal ideation or thought, suicide plan, suicide attempt, etc. 5 , 6 It is estimated by the WHO 7 that there are at least 20 suicide attempts for every successful suicide completion. Yearly, about 800,000 deaths are reported due to suicide, which accounts for 1.4% of all deaths globally.…”

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Suicide and Suicidal Behaviors in the Context of COVID-19 Pandemic in Bangladesh: A Systematic Review

Mamun¹

2021

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Background Without integration of the available information, appropriate suicide preventive actions can be hindered. Therefore, this study attempts to review the Bangladeshi COVID-19-related suicide studies for the first time. Methods For conducting a systematic review, the PRISMA guideline was adhered. Bangladeshi literatures concerning the COVID-19 pandemic related to either suicide case or suicidal behavior were identified within 1 to 10 April 2021, from the databases like PubMed, Scopus, PsycINFO, Web of Science, CINAHL, etc. Finally, a total of 9 literatures were included in this review. Results Four literatures were cross-sectional studies assessing the prevalence and risk factors of suicidal behavior, and the rest five were retrospective suicide studies concerned with either case study (n=3) or case-series study (n=2). The prevalence of suicidal ideation was identified to be ranging between 5% and 19.0%, whereas the rate increased over time of the pandemic inception. Significant risk factors concerning suicidal behavior included the factors related to (i) socio-demographic variables: female gender, being divorced or widows or widowers or single in marital status, having lower levels of education, being urban residence, belonging to higher socioeconomic class, being unemployed, and having no children, (ii) behavior and health-related variables: lack of physical exercise, cigarette smoking, alcohol consuming, abnormal sleep status, more exposure to social media, and suffering from the higher number of physical health problems; (iii) COVID-19 pandemic-related variables: lower knowledge of COVID-19, lack of preventive COVID-19 behaviors, higher levels of COVID-19 fear, living in highly COVID-19 infected area, higher economic loss due to the pandemic, and experiencing relatives or acquaintances’ death by the COVID-19; (iv) psychopathological variables: depression, anxiety, stress, insomnia, suicidal thought history, suicide attempt history, and family with a history of suicide. Conclusion Implementing cost-effective mental health strategies along with social and community awareness for increasing help-seeking behaviors of suicide risky individuals is highly suggested.

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Suicide and Suicidal Behaviors in the Context of COVID-19 Pandemic in Bangladesh: A Systematic Review

Mamun¹

2021

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“…The questionnaire included some socio-demographic questions regarding the participating women like age, residence, educational status, and employment status; two regarding intimate partner-age, and the level of education; two were marriage related-duration of marriage, and types of marriage; and two for family related-number of children, and monthly family income. The study categorized the ‘age’ variable into six groups: 16–20, 21–25, 26–30, 31–35, 36–40, and 41–45 years; residence into rural and urban; marital duration: less than 3 years, 3 to 6, 7 to 10, and more than 10 years; types of marriage into arranged marriage and loved marriage; level of educational into completed secondary or more, and not completed secondary; employment status into employed, and unemployed or housewife; number of children: no children, 1 to 3 children, and more than 3 children; and income status into lower income (income less than 15, 000 in Bangladeshi currency (BDT) based on Mamun et al. (2020) ), middle income (15,000–40,000 BDT), and upper income (more than 40,000 BDT based on Banna et al.…”

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Prevalence and associated factors of intimate partner violence (IPV) against women in Bangladesh amid COVID-19 pandemic

Rayhan

Akter

2021

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Background Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is a serious violation of women's human rights and a dominant chronic global public health problem. Although it is suspected that epidemic-induced economic downturns have fueled the IPV, enough empirical literature are not available to make a consensus. Against this backdrop, the present study has attempted to explore the prevalence and associated factors of IPV amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods The study has included Bangladesh as the study area and collected data from married women who lived with her intimate partner. Total of 605 women were reached and 84.30% (510) women, aged 16–45 with mean age 30.12 (±6.27) years, provided their consent and required information. The study has employed the translated version of WHO multi-country study tools to screen the IPV. Results This cross-sectional study has found the prevalence of IPV about 45.29%, where 44.12% are emotionally abused, 15.29% physically, 10.59% sexually, and 19.22% are abused either physically or sexually. The study has found that types of marriage, area of residence, women's employment status, husband's age and level of education, family income status, and pandemic induced economic downturns were the associated factors of intimate partner violence amid the pandemic. Limitations Self-reported cross-sectional study has some methodological limitations, and the present study is not free from them. Conclusions The study contributes to the existing literature by highlighting the associated factors of IPV amid the pandemic, which will help to make preventive policy.

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“…For assessing suicidal behaviors, the prior studies conducted either prior to or during the COVID-19 periods were followed. 21 , 22 , 40 , 41 Consistent with the concept of suicidal behavior (ie, thinking about ending your life, making a plan to go ahead with it, and attempting to end your life 42 ), the present study used a single-item for assessing suicidal behavior. Which was, “do you think about committing suicide, and are these thoughts persistent and have you moved forward to plan and/or attempt it?”.…”

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How Has the COVID-19 Pandemic Changed BMI Status and Physical Activity – Its Associations with Mental Health Conditions, Suicidality: An Exploratory Study

Auny¹,

Akter²,

Guo³

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Background The COVID-19 pandemic has psycho-socially impacted people of all age groups. The consequences related to this crisis may increase the suicide mortality rate as reported in prior pandemics. Although many studies have been conducted identifying suicidal behavior attributing factors, there is a lack of knowledge on the associations of body mass index (BMI) and physical activities, their changes, and suicidal behavior, which were explored herein for the first time. Methods An online-based, cross-sectional study was carried out with a total of 324 Bangladeshi people (mean age = 26.99 ± 8.17 years). The measures included questions on socio-demographics, health-related variables, physical activities-related variables, and mental health problems (eg, depression, anxiety and suicidal behavior). Results About 41.0% and 29.3% of the participants reported being depressed and anxious, respectively, whereas suicidal behavior after the pandemic’s inception was found to be 6.5%. Although the role of BMI status either prior to or during the pandemic in mental health conditions was not statistically significant, the changes of BMI status were (that is, those with decreasing BMI status compared to no change in BMI status were at greater risk of depression and anxiety, which was followed by increasing BMI status). Besides having no outside space for exercise and performing more physical activities prior to the pandemic were reported to increase anxiety levels, but no significant associations between changes in physical exercise frequency and other mental health problems were observed. Conclusion In summary, the present findings showed that people with either decreased or increased BMI status after the inception of the pandemic were at greater risk of mental instabilities, which is a concern which should be considered when adopting any preventive approaches.

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Prevalence and Predisposing Factors of Suicidal Ideation Among the University Students in Bangladesh: A Single-Site Survey

Cited by 41 publications

References 71 publications

Suicide and Suicidal Behaviors in the Context of COVID-19 Pandemic in Bangladesh: A Systematic Review

Suicide and Suicidal Behaviors in the Context of COVID-19 Pandemic in Bangladesh: A Systematic Review

Prevalence and associated factors of intimate partner violence (IPV) against women in Bangladesh amid COVID-19 pandemic

How Has the COVID-19 Pandemic Changed BMI Status and Physical Activity – Its Associations with Mental Health Conditions, Suicidality: An Exploratory Study

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