Avaliação das funções executivas em estudantes universitários da área da saúde com e sem histórico de tentativa de suicídio

• Autor(a) principal: Manoel, Vanessa de Andrade Manoel
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Manoel, Vanessa de Andrade
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Universitário da Ânima (RUNA)
• Texto Completo: https://repositorio.animaeducacao.com.br/handle/ANIMA/15148
• topic: Suicídio; Escala BDEFS; Funções executivas; Universitários.

Introduction: Suicide is a worldwide problem and its rates are increasing among young people in several countries, including Brazil. Aim: Since cognitive aspects are involved as risk factors, this study investigated the possible association between deviations in executive functions (EF) and suicide attempts among young university students. Methods: In this study 378 university students from health courses were interviewed, through a socio-demographic questionnaire and the questionnaire Barkley Deficits in Executive Functions Scale (BDEFS). The possible association between socio-demographic characteristics and dysfunctions in the domains of the BDEFS scale with the outcome was evaluated. Results: Among th interviewed, 14% said they had already attempted suicide. They presented themselves as a risk factor belonging to the female gender (OR= 4,144; IC 95% = 1,601-10,727), living alone (OR= 2,76; IC 95% = 1,417 – 5,381) and have a diagnosis of mental disorder (OR= 2,596; IC 95% = 1,401 – 4,811); on the other hand, having work activity (OR= 0,1725; IC 95% = 0,066 – 0,448) and have a religion (OR= 0,440; IC 95% = 0,228 – 0,850) demonstrated to be protective factors. With regard to the domains assessed by the BDEFS scale, the dysfunctions most often associated with the history of attempted suicide were in time management (OR = 2,335; IC 95% = 1,278 – 4,267), in organization and problem solving ability (OR= 2,294; IC 95% = 1,238 – 4,250), in self-control (OR= 2,140; IC 95% = 1,172 – 3,909) and motivation (OR= 1,839; IC 95% = 1,021 – 3,313). Conclusions: These results suggest the need for further studies that consider cognition as a factor of great importance for diagnostic and preventive analysis of this outcome, with preventive interventions more specifically in executive functions and the domains that make up can contribute to mitigate possible self-injurious results in university students