@article{ref1,
title="Epidemiological profile of suicidal behavior among nursing students",
journal="Revista Enfermagem",
year="2019",
author="de Albuquerque, R.N. and Borges, M.D.S. and Sadimonteiro, P.",
volume="27",
number="",
pages="-",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: to identify the profile of suicidal behavior among nursing students at a private higher education institution in the Federal District, Brazil. <br><br>METHODS: descriptive study, through statistical analysis, conducted with 1567 nursing students, in 2017. It was used a sociodemographic and academic questionnaire, Beck's Suicidal Ideation Scale and Mini-Screening of Mental Disorders. The research was approved by the Research Ethics Committee. <br><br>RESULTS: most respondents were young adults, female and night students One hundred and eithy-one students (11,55%) had already attempted suicide and the highest rates were presented in de first, third and fourth semesters of the course. Among them, 36,5% had depressive thoughts, 33,7% showed signs of depression and hopelessness and 56,4% remained with suicidal ideation. <br><br>CONCLUSION: suicide attempts have their greatest magnitude among younger students, from the first two years of the course, which revealed expressive rates for depression, hopelessness and suicidal ideation. © 2019, Centro de Estudos da Faculdade de Enfermagem da UERJ. All rights reserved.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0104-3552",
doi="10.12957/reuerj.2019.45607",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.12957/reuerj.2019.45607"
}