Risk of suicide among nursing students

this was a cross-sectional, quantitative research conducted with 150 students. For data collection, a sociodemographic questionnaire and the instrument, M.I.N.I. - Brazilian version 5.0.0 - Module C - Risk of suicide were used. Statistical analyses were performed with IBM^{(® )}SPSS^(®), version 23.

Results:

53.3% of nursing students had a risk of suicide, of which 20.7% had a high risk. Moreover, 22.67% reported previous suicide attempt. It is noteworthy that students without a partner have a higher risk of suicide (56.8%) than those with a partner (29.4%).

Conclusions:

it is perceived the need to develop programs that identify students at risk of suicide in higher education institutions, in order to raise awareness of the problem and implement policies to promote mental health in the academia.

Descriptors:
Risk; Suicide; Universities; Students; Nursing

Variable	n	%
TOTAL	150	100.0
Course year
First	31	20.7
Second	37	24.7
Third	32	21.3
Fourth	26	17.3
Fifth	24	16.0
Sex
Male	39	26.0
Female	111	74.0
Age group (years)
18-24	128	85.3
25-29	11	7.3
30-35	9	6.0
>35	2	1.3
Marital Status
Single	132	88.0
Married	12	8.0
Common-law marriage	5	3.3
Not reported	1	0.7
Religion
Catholicism	94	62.7
Protestantism	22	14.7
Others	15	10.0
No religion	19	12.7
Color/race (self-declared)
White	53	35.3
Black	9	6.0
Mixed ethnicity	71	47.3
Indigenous	17	11.3
Family income (minimum wages)
Less than one	54	36.0
1-2	80	53.3
3-4	14	9.3
5 or more	2	1.3

Variable	n	%
TOTAL	150	100.0
Risk of suicide
Yes	80	53.3
No	70	46.7
Degree of risk of suicide
No risk	70	46.7
Low	31	20.7
Moderate	18	12.0
High	31	20.7
Previous suicide attempts
Yes	34	22.7
No	116	77.3

Variable	Risk of suicide						OR (95%)	p value
	Present		Absent		Total
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Total group	80	53.3	70	46.7	150	100.0
Course year								p⁽¹⁾ (1) By Pearson's chi-square test. = 0.141
First	17	54.8	14	45.2	31	100.0	1.70 (0.58 a 4.98)
Second	26	70.3	11	29.7	37	100.0	3.31 (1.13 a 9.69)
Third	14	43.8	18	56.3	32	100.0	1.09 (0.37 a 3.18)
Fourth	13	50.0	13	50.0	26	100.0	1.40 (0.46 a 4.28)
Fifth	10	41.7	14	58.3	24	100.0	1.00
Sex								p⁽¹⁾ (1) By Pearson's chi-square test. = 0.654
Male	22	56.4	17	43.6	39	100.0	1.18 (0.57 a 2.47)
Female	58	52.3	53	47.7	111	100.0	1.00
Age group (years)								p⁽¹⁾ (1) By Pearson's chi-square test. = 0.902
18-24	68	53.1	60	46.9	128	100.0	1.00
25 or more	12	54.5	10	45.5	22	100.0	1.06 (0.43 a 2.63)
Marital status								p⁽¹⁾ (1) By Pearson's chi-square test. =0.033*
Without a partner	75	56.8	57	43.2	132	100.0	3.16 (1.05 a 9.47)
With a partner	5	29.4	12	70.6	17	100.0	1.00
Total	80	53.7	69	46.3	149	100.0
Religion								p⁽¹⁾ (1) By Pearson's chi-square test. = 0.158
With religion	67	51.1	64	48.9	131	100.0	1.00
No religion	13	68.4	6	31.6	19	100.0	2.07 (0.74 a 5.77)
Color								p⁽¹⁾ (1) By Pearson's chi-square test. = 0.317
White	27	50.9	26	49.1	53	100.0	1.00
Black/mixed ethnicity	41	51.3	39	48.8	80	100.0	1.01 (0.51 a 2.03)
Indigenous	12	70.6	5	29.4	17	100.0	2.31 (0.71 a 7.48)
Family income								p⁽¹⁾ (1) By Pearson's chi-square test. = 0.946
(minimum wages)
Less than one	29	53.7	25	46.3	54	100.0	1.02 (0.52 a 1.99)
One or more	51	53.1	45	46.9	96	100.0	1.00

Variable	Bivariate		Adjusted
Variable	OR and 95% IC	p value	OR and 95% IC	p value
Course year		0.141		0.158
First	1.70 (0.58 a 4.98)		0.93 (0.25 a 3.43)
Second	3.31 (1.13 a 9.69)		2.77 (0.88 a 8.64)
Third	1.09 (0.37 a 3.18)		0.85 (0.27 a 2.67)
Fourth	1.40 (0.46 a 4.28)		1.57 (0.49 a 5.08)
Fifth	1.00		1.00
Marital status		0.033*		0.044*
Without a partner	3.16 (1.05 a 9.47)		3.46 (1.05 a 11.36)
With a partner	1.00		1.00

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[1] Corresponding author: Stephane Marcele Almeida Braga Moraes E-mail: stephanemarcele@hotmail.com