Factors associated with suicidal ideation among schoolchildren in a municipality in the Brazilian Amazon region

• Autor(a) principal: Moraes, Camila Castilho
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Lira, Andrei Dias, Sousa, Gutembergue Santos de, Lima, Maria Mônica Machado de Aguiar, Lima, Yara Macambira Santana, Ferreira, Silvana Margarida Benevides, Silva, Rodrigo Luís Ferreira da, Ferreira, Maria Goreth Silva
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/9589
• topic: Salud adolescente; Ideacíon suicida; Adolescente; Factores de riesgo; Salud del estudiante.; Saúde do adolescente; Ideação suicida; Adolescente; Fatores de risco; Saúde do estudante.; Adolescent health; Suicidal ideation; Adolescent; Risk factors; Student health.

Objective: this article aimed to identify the presence of suicidal ideation among schoolchildren in a municipality in the Lower Amazon, as well as the factors associated with this outcome. Methodology: this is a cross-sectional analytical study carried out with 363 students from October 2018 to February 2019. The data collected were worked on descriptive statistics, percentage distribution and the Chi-square and Fischer Exact tests. Results: the following variables showed statistical significance: female gender; age between 11 and 14 years; elementary school students; indigenous schoolchildren; they face their problems reasonably / poorly; have a bad relationship with the family; shows little / no interest in the school. Conclusion: this study showed a higher prevalence of suicidal ideation than the statistics found for this age group in other published studies, however, the variables that showed a statistical association with the presence of suicidal ideation mostly coincide with the variables found in other published studies.