SUICIDE RISK AMONG NURSING STUDENTS ATTENDING A PUBLIC UNIVERSITY

• Autor(a) principal: Ferreira, Diego da Silva
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: Ferreira, Vladson Gouveia, Maciel, Nathanael de Souza, Bernardo, Francisco Mardones dos Santos, Grimaldi, Monaliza Ribeiro Mariano, Carvalho, Carolina Maria de Lima
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Cogitare Enfermagem (Online)
• DOI: 10.1590/ce.v28i0.89830
• Texto Completo: https://revistas.ufpr.br/cogitare/article/view/89830
• topic: Nursing; Suicide; Attempted Suicide; Universities; Mental Health.; Nursing; Suicide; Attempted Suicide; Universities; Mental Health.

Objective: to describe the suicide risk rates in Nursing students from different nationalities in a public university.Method: a cross-sectional study conducted between August and November 2019 in Ceará, Brazil. The students included were those aged at least 18 years old and duly enrolled; the exclusion criteria were as follows: inactive link due to medical leave or course cancellation. The Suicide Risk Index was used for data collection. The following tests were performed: Chi-square; Fisher's Exact and Mann-Whitney.Results: of the 192 participants, 28.6% did not have religious/spiritual factors susceptible of stopping the suicidal act, 12.5% had a family history of suicide, and 2.6% had suicide plans. An association was detected between gender and suicidal potential risk (p>0.000). There was a difference in the suicidal potential risk in relation to gender (p>0.000), nationality (p>0.000) and marital status (p=0.043).Conclusion: the study contributes to a reflection on suicide, to early detection and to understanding the impacts in the university.