Factors influencing suicidal ideation and suicide attempt of middle school students in minority areas of Guizhou Province / 中国学校卫生

ABSTRACT

Objective@#To analyze the prevalence and influencing factors of suicidal behaviors among middle school students in minority areas of Guizhou Province, and to provide the reference for targetedly preventing suicidal behavior among middle school students.@*Methods@#Questionnaire survey including adolescent health information, Depression Self-rating Scale for Children(DSR-SC), Childhood Trauma Questionnaire-Short Form (CTQ-SF) and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index survey were conducted among 6 139 middle school students in minority areas of Guizhou Province, Logistic regression was used to analyze the influencing factors of suicidal behavior of middle school students.@*Results@#A total of 1 241(20.2%) had suicidal ideation in the past 12 months, and 250 (4.1%) of middle school students had committed suicide in the past 12 months. Suicidal ideation among middle school students was positively associated with female, non-residence, being only child, smoking, having poor relationship with teachers, poor relationship with classmates, school violence victimization, physical abused, sexual abuse, emotionally neglected, having depression, having sleeping disorders(OR=1.67, 1.64, 0.84, 0.72, 0.67, 0.58, 2.06, 2.45, 2.12, 1.68, 2.82, 1.62). While being women(OR=1.52), non-residence(OR=2.25), smoking(OR=0.52), poor relationship with teachers(OR=0.49), poor relationship with classmates(OR=0.47), school violence victimization (OR=1.79) and physically abused(OR=2.17), sexual abused(OR=1.97), physically neglected(OR=1.94), depressive symptoms(OR=3.14), sleep disorders (OR=1.66) were associated positively with the risk of suicide attempt.@*Conclusion@#Suicide-related behaviors are more common in minority areas of Guizhou Province. Teachers and parents should attach great importance to it, and their suicidal risk should be early recognized to reduce suicide-related behaviors.