Prevalence and related factors of suicidal ideation in adolescents from China and Philippine / 中国心理卫生杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:The study is to compare the prevalence and related factors of suicidal ideation in ado-lescents between China and Philippine.Methods:Our research data was downloaded from the website of world health organization (WHO).It was the data of China and Philippine from the Global school-based student health survey(GSHS)which was launched by the WHO,and 9173 students in China and 7338 students in Philippine aged 11 -16 years were involved.The situations of being serious injury,being bullied,sense of loneliness,insomnia, sense of hopelessness,friends,smoking,alcohol consumption,drug abuse and exercise were assessed by the ques-tionnaire.The definition of suicidal ideation was that ever thinking of suicide seriously in the last 12 months.Results:The rate of having suicidal ideation in China and Philippine were 17.4% (1544 /8881 )and 19.3% (1371 /7089),respectively.Multivariate analysis showed that female (OR =1.45),grade two and three of middle school (OR =1.29,1.43),being serious injury (OR =1.35),being bullied (OR =1.87),sense of loneliness (OR =1.47),insomnia (OR =1.55),sense of hopelessness (OR =3.36),alcohol consumption (OR =1.45)and drug abuse (OR =1.55)were the risk factors to suicidal ideation in China adolescents,and having good friends (OR=0.66)and exercise regularly (OR =0.78)were the protective factors.However,the female,grade,sense of lone-liness,insomnia and drug abuse were not the risk factors to suicidal ideation in Philippine adolescents,and other fac-tors were similar to China sample.Conclusion:There may be differences in the prevalence rate of suicidal ideation between adolescents in China and Philippine,with lower rate in China.Meanwhile,there are similarities in the relat-ed factors on the adolescent suicidal ideation of the two countries,with more risk factors in China sample.Therefore,the individualized targeted measures should be taken to prevent suicide in China and Philippine respectively.