Suicidal thoughts among university students in Ethiopia

Dachew, Berihun Assefa; Bifftu, Berhanu Boru; Tiruneh, Bewket Tadesse; Anlay, Degefaye Zelalem; Wassie, Meseret Adugna

doi:10.1186/s12991-017-0172-0

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“…It covered different fields of social support by measuring the number of people the respondent feels close to the interest and concern shown by others, and the ease of obtaining practical help from others. Social support was collected by the Oslo 3-item social support scale which had a 3-item questionnaire commonly used to assess social support and used in several studies in Ethiopia (16,27). The sum score scale ranges from 3 to 14, and had three broad categories: "poor support" 3-8, "moderate support" 9-11, and "strong support" 12-14 (28).…”

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“…Physicians are one of the highest risk groups for suicide which seems that this problem starting from medical school (2,(11)(12)(13)(14). Mental distress among medical students are widespread (15) and it is highly affected in medical students compared with the general population (16,17). Suicidal behavior is a mental health problem affecting a remarkable proportion of medical students (18).…”

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“…These include depression, burnout, sleep disorders, family history of mental illnesses, previous psychiatric disorders, years of study, gender, substance use, poor social support, lived alone, feeling of neglect by parents, something valued lost, breaking of a steady love relationship, and poor physical health (13,16,18,(20)(21)(22). The impact of suicidal behavior among medical students includes substance use, unhealthy peer relationship, fixation with death or violence, poor academic performance, dropout, and suicide attempts (23)(24)(25).…”

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Suicidal ideation, attempt, and determinants among medical students

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Background: Suicidal ideation and attempts are highly prevalent among medical students compared to the general population and negatively impacts the quality of life, physical, and mental well being of students. However, research into suicidal ideation and attempts among medical students in low and middle-income countries are limited. Therefore, this study aimed to explore the suicidal ideation and attempts and associated factors among medical students in Ethiopia. Methods : An institution based cross-sectional study was conducted on 393 medical students from March to June 2019 at the University of Gondar in Ethiopia. A simple random sampling technique used to get study units by their identification card. Suicidal ideation and attempts were assessed by using World Health Organization Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI) to assess lifetime suicidal ideation and attempt during medical school. Data were collected using self-administered questionnaires. Bi-variable and multivariable logistic regression analyses were used to identify associated factors between suicidal ideation and attempts with the explanatory variables at P-value <0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: A total of 393 study participants were interviewed with a response rate of 92.9%. The prevalence of suicidal ideation and attempts among study participants were found to be 14% and 7.4% with 95% CI (10.9, 18.1) and (5.1, 10.2), respectively. In multivariate logistic regression; female sex (AOR: 5.21, 95% CI: 2.42, 11.20), depression (AOR: 10.12, 95% CI; 4.80, 21.52), current khat chewing (AOR: 4.46, 95% CI; 132, 15.02), and poor social support (AOR: 4.46, 95% CI: 1.43, 13.87) were factors significantly associated with suicidal ideation. Being female (AOR: 8.08, 95% CI: 3.04, 21.39), depression (AOR: 10.66, 95% CI; 4.01, 28.01 ), and history of mental illness (AOR: 5.53, 95% CI; 1.20, 25.50) were factors significantly associated with suicide attempts. Conclusions : In the current study, the prevalence of suicidal ideation among medical students was low compared to other studies, but the suicide attempt was high. Ethiopian medical students better to instate a screening program for every medical student for early detection and intervention of suicidal ideation and attempt. Keywords: Suicidal Ideation, Attempt, Medical Students, Prevalence, Ethiopia

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Suicidal ideation, attempt, and determinants among medical students

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“…The prevalence of suicidal ideation and attempt among medical students in South Africa were 32.3% and 3.2%, respectively (21). In Ethiopia, the prevalence of suicidal ideation among the University students was 19.9%, but no study regarding suicidal attempts (13).…”

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“…Mental distress among medical students and professionals are widespread (11). Suicidal behavior is a mental health problem affecting a remarkable proportion of medical students (12) and it is highly affected in medical students compared with the general population (13,14). Most medical students experienced greater risk for suicidal ideation and thoughts of dropping out of medical school (15).…”

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Suicidal ideation, attempt, and determinants among medical students

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Background Suicidal ideation and attempt are highly prevalent among medical students compared to the general population and negatively impacts the quality of life, physical, and mental well being of students. However, research into suicidal ideation and attempt among medical students in low and middle-income countries are limited. Therefore, this study aimed to explore the suicide ideation and attempt and associated factors among medical students in Ethiopia.Methods An institution based cross-sectional study was conducted from March to June 2019 at the University of Gondar among medical students. A simple random sampling technique used to get study units by their identification card. Suicide ideation and attempt were assessed by using World Health Organization Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI) to assess suicide ideation and attempt. Data were collected using self-administered questionnaires. Binary logistic regression analysis was used to identify associated factors between suicidal ideation and attempt with the explanatory variables at p-value <0.05 was considered statistically significant.Results The prevalence of suicidal ideation and attempt among study participants was found to be 14% and 7.4% with 95% CI (10.9, 18.1) and (5.1, 10.2), respectively. In multivariate logistic regression; female sex (AOR: 5.21, 95% CI: 2.42, 11.20), depression (AOR: 10.12, 95% CI; 4.80, 21.52), current khat chewing (AOR: 4.46, 95% CI; 132, 15.02), and poor social support (AOR: 4.46, 95% CI: 1.43, 13.87) were factors significantly associated with suicidal ideation. Being female (AOR: 8.08, 95% CI: 3.04, 21.39), depression (AOR: 10.66, 95% CI; 4.01, 28.01 ) and history of mental illness (AOR: 5.53, 95% CI; 1.20, 25.50) were factors significantly associated with suicidal attempt.Conclusion In the current study, the prevalence of suicidal ideation among medical students was low compared to other studies, but the suicidal attempt was high. The University of Gondar better to instate a screening program for every medical student for early diagnosis and intervention of suicide ideation and attempt.

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