TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - The Mental Health and Syndemic Effect on Suicidal Ideation among Migrant Workers in China: A Cross-Sectional Study
JO  - International journal of environmental research and public health
A1  - Zhang, Kechun
A1  - Xu, Chen
A1  - Zhang, Yinghuan
A1  - Wang, Rongxi
A1  - Yu, Xiaoyue
A1  - Hu, Tian
A1  - Chen, Yaqi
A1  - Wang, Zixin
A1  - Cao, Bolin
A1  - Chen, Hui
A1  - Liu, Yujie
A1  - Liu, Shangbin
A1  - Zou, Huachun
A1  - Cai, Yong
SP  - e11363
EP  - e11363
VL  - 18
IS  - 21
N2  - BACKGROUND: Migrant workers are in a socially disadvantaged position and thus suffer from more stress and mental health disorders, resulting in a high risk of suicidal ideation. This study aimed to explore the association between psychosocial problems and suicidal ideation, and the syndemic effect of concurrent psychosocial problems on suicidal ideation among migrant workers.  METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional study and recruited 1805 migrant workers in Shenzhen, China. Each participant completed a self-administered questionnaire to report sociodemographic information and mental health status. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression were used to explore the association between psychosocial variables and suicidal ideation, and their syndemic effect on suicidal ideation.  RESULTS: The prevalence of suicidal ideation among migrant workers was 7.5%. All selected psychosocial variables were independently associated with suicidal ideation. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that three psychosocial variables were associated with suicidal ideation: anxiety (ORm: 1783, 95% CI: 1.089-2.920), entrapment (ORm: 2.064, 95% CI: 1.257-3.388), and defeat (ORm: 2.572, 95% CI: 1.612-4.103). Various mental health issues can exist simultaneously to increase the risk of suicidal ideation (AOR: 5.762, 95% CI: 3.773-8.802). Workers with more psychosocial problems were more likely to have suicidal ideation.  CONCLUSIONS: The association between poor mental health and suicidal ideation should not be overlooked among migrant workers. The co-occurring or syndemic effect of psychosocial problems may increase the risk of suicidal ideation.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1661-7827
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182111363
ID  - ref1
ER  -