Citation

Veloso LUP, Lima CLS, Sales JCES, Monteiro CFS, Gonçalves AMS, Silva Júnior FJGD. Rev. Gaucha Enferm. 2019; 40: e20180144.

Vernacular Title

Ideação suicida em universitários da área da saúde: prevalência e fatores associados.

Affiliation

Universidade Federal do Piauí (UFPI), Mestrado Profissional em Saúde da Família, Departamento de Enfermagem. Teresina, Piauí, Brasil.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Escola de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande e do Sul)

DOI

10.1590/1983-1447.2019.20180144

PMID

31596340

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To identify the prevalence of suicidal ideation and its associated factors in university students from the health field, in a public higher education institution.

METHOD: Cross-sectional study with 142 university students. Suicide Ideation Scale and a questionnaire for characterization were used. Fischer's exact test, chi-square, Odds-Ratio, Kruskal-Wallis, and Spearman's correlation were performed. A significance level of 0.05 was adopted.

RESULTS: The prevalence of suicidal ideation was 22%. It was associated to the use of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs, bullying, suicide attempts (p-value = 0.000), and not attending the course desired (p-value = 0.001). It was observed that the higher the score the lower the academic performance (p-value = 0.000). There was a difference in the mean score according to course (p-value = 0.000), and the score was higher among psychology students.

CONCLUSION: The high prevalence of suicidal ideation among university students in the health field reiterates the need to create intervention strategies, especially in the context of universities.

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