Citation

Quarshie EN, Cheataa-Plange HV, Annor F, Asare-Doku W, Lartey JKS. Nurs. Open 2019; 6(3): 897-906.

Affiliation

Business School University of Ghana Legon Ghana.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1002/nop2.271

PMID

31367413

PMCID

PMC6650678

Abstract

AIM: To provide exploratory and descriptive evidence on the prevalence estimate and some demographic correlates of suicidal behaviour among nursing and midwifery college students in Ghana.

DESIGN: We used a cross-sectional survey design.

METHOD: An 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.

RESULTS: The 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.

Language: en

Keywords

Ghana; midwifery; nurses; students; suicidal behaviour