SynthesisRevista latino-americana de enfermagem2021
Prevalence of suicidal behavior in young university students: A systematic review with meta-analysis.
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23 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Suicidal behavior and Ethiopian students: a systematic review and meta-analysis study.BMC psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
- Suicidal behaviours and associated factors among Bangladeshi medical students: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2000-2024).BMJ open · 2025Pooled it
- Prevalence and associations of lifetime, 12-month, and 30-day suicidal thoughts and behaviours among 3,702 First-Year university students in New Zealand.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2026Article
- Prevalence and Determinants of Suicide Ideations Among Students of Selected Tertiary Learning Institutions in Lusaka, Zambia: A Cross-Sectional Study.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Suicidal ideation and its determinants among Palestinian university students.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- University Students' Perceptions and Experiences of a Suicide Prevention Gatekeeper Program (GUIAS_Program): Improvements and Implications for Education.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2026Review
- Loneliness, Emotional Fatigue, Social Dysfunction, and Suicide Risk in Ecuadorian University Students: A Mediation Analysis.Psychology in Russia : state of the art · 2026Review
- Examining suicide literacy among emerging adult medical students in Puerto Rico.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2026Article
- Associations of Emotion Regulation Difficulties, Psychological Well-Being, and Life Satisfaction with Suicidal Ideation and Suicidal Behaviour Among University Students in Indonesia: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2026Article
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- Exploring suicidal thoughts among prospective university students: a study with applications of machine learning and GIS techniques.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
- Investigating the psychometric properties of the Persian version of Psychological Emptiness Scale (PES) among nursing students.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- The prevalence, course, and risk factors of suicidal ideation and suicide attempts among students in vocational education.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2024Article
- Well-being among university students in the post-COVID-19 era: a cross-country survey.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- The impact of health promotion training on university students' health perceptions, healthy lifestyle behaviors, and risky behaviors.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Exploring suicide ideation in university students: sleep quality, social media, self-esteem, and barriers to seeking psychological help.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Emotional regulation and suicidal ideation-Mediating roles of perceived social support and avoidant coping.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Comparison of prevalence of depression symptoms and history of suicidality in students of medical schools and other study programmes of Charles University.Central European journal of public health · 2023Article
- A Qualitative Examination of the Impact of Suicidal Thoughts and Behavior on Help-Seeking Among University Students in Colombia and Mexico.Journal of behavioral and cognitive therapy · 2023Article
- Prevalence of suicidal behaviour among students living in Muslim-majority countries: systematic review and meta-analysis.BJPsych open · 2023Review
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Abstract
objectiveto identify the prevalence of suicidal behavior in young university students.
methoda systematic review with meta-analysis of cross-sectional studies based on the Joanna Briggs Institute proposal, and carried out in the PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, PsycINFO and LILACS databases and in the Brazilian Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations, with no language or year restrictions. A total of 2,942 publications were identified. Selection, data extraction and methodological evaluation of the studies were performed by two independent researchers. The meta-analysis was performed considering the random effects model.
resultseleven articles were included in this review. The prevalence variation for suicidal ideation was from 9.7% to 58.3% and, for attempted suicide, it was from 0.7% to 14.7%. The meta-analysis showed a 27.1% prevalence for suicidal ideation in life, 14.1% for ideation in the last year, and 3.1% for attempted suicide in life.
conclusionthe high prevalence of suicidal behavior, even with the considerable heterogeneity of the studies, raises the need to implement interventions aimed at preventing suicide and promoting mental health, especially in the academic environment.
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