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Prevalence of suicidal behaviour among nursing and midwifery college students in Ghana.
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- Sex-related inequalities in crude and age-standardized suicide rates: trends in Ghana from 2000 to 2019.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Nursing Students Facilitating the Transition from Suicidal Ideation to Action in the Rural: A Qualitative Study.Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2023Article
- Socio-demographic, economic and mental health problems were risk factors for suicidal ideation among Kenyan students aged 15 plus.Journal of affective disorders · 2022Article
- Borderline Personality Symptoms: What Not to Be Overlooked When Approaching Suicidal Ideation among University Students.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Mental health difficulties, coping mechanisms and support systems among school-going adolescents in Ghana: A mixed-methods study.PloS one · 2021Article
- Suicide among university students: prevalence, risks and protective factors.Health psychology and behavioral medicine · 2020Article
- Prevalence of self-harm among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender adolescents: a comparison of personal and social adversity with a heterosexual sample in Ghana.BMC research notes · 2020Article
- Marijuana use and repeated attempted suicide among senior high school students in Ghana: Evidence from the WHO Global School-Based Student Health Survey, 2012.General psychiatry · 2020Article
- Prevalence of suicidal behaviour among nursing and midwifery college students in Ghana.Nursing open · 2019Article
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Abstract
aimTo provide exploratory and descriptive evidence on the prevalence estimate and some demographic correlates of suicidal behaviour among nursing and midwifery college students in Ghana.
designWe used a cross-sectional survey design.
methodAn anonymous survey involving a randomly selected sample of 305 nursing and midwifery college students was conducted in March-May 2017. The Suicide Behavior Questionnaire-Revised was used to assess suicidal behaviour (i.e., ideation, planning, threat and attempt) and suicidal behaviour risk.
resultsThe lifetime prevalence of suicide ideations (15.4%; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.11-0.20), plans (6.6%; 95% CI = 0.04-0.10), attempts (2.3%; 95% CI = 0.01-0.05), threats (13.4%; 95% CI = 0.10-0.18) and 12-month prevalence of ideations (21.3%; 95% CI = 0.17-0.26) are comparable to estimates found in both high-income and low- and middle-income countries. However, associations between the demographic variables studied and suicidal behaviour risk were not statistically significant.
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