Factors associated with suicidal ideation among male college students

International Journal of Development Research

Volume: 
10
Article ID: 
18986
9 pages
Research Article

Factors associated with suicidal ideation among male college students

Luís Paulo Souza e Souza, Aline Laís de Souza Silva, Gabriel Nogueira de Paiva Aguiar, Izabella Victor Lopes, Jade Chartone Eustáquio, Maurício Santana de Melo, Michelle Venâncio dos Santos, Paulla Machado D’Athayde, Sara de Lacerda Caldas Silva, Antônia Gonçalves de Souza, Abel Santiago Muri Gama and Maria Fernanda Santos Figueiredo Brito

Abstract: 

This study aimed to estimate factors associated with suicidal ideation among male students from a public university in Brazil. This is a cross-sectional, analytical study conducted with 375 students from a federal university in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Data were collected in 2019, using a questionnaire composed of questions from validated instruments. The variable "suicidal ideation" was investigated by the question: "During the last 12 months, have you seriously considered a suicide attempt?". Prevalence ratios (PR) and their respective 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) were adjusted by poisson's multivariate regression technique. The prevalence of suicidal ideation was 17,9%. Being in the age groups 34-41 years (PR:0,82; 95% CI:0,77-0,88) and ≥42 years (PR: 0,84; 95% CI:0,79-0,90), having no religion (PR:1,09; 95% CI:1,02-1,17), have health coverage, including insurance or prepaid plan (PR:0,92; 95% CI:0,86-0,98), and have used pills or steroid injection without a prescription during life 10 to 39 times (PR:1,67; 95% CI:1,60-1,73) and ≥40 times (PR:1,31; 95% CI:1,12-1,25) remained independently associated with suicidal ideation after multivariate data adjustment. It is essential to understand the group of university men as a population in the process of behavioral transition and more susceptible to the adoption of behaviors that compromise their health, mainly related to suicide.

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