@article{ref1,
title="Prevalence of suicidal behaviour among nursing and midwifery college students in Ghana",
journal="Nursing open",
year="2019",
author="Quarshie, Emmanuel Nii-Boye and Cheataa-Plange, Haziel Vera and Annor, Francis and Asare-Doku, Winifred and Lartey, Joshua King Safo",
volume="6",
number="3",
pages="897-906",
abstract="AIM: To provide exploratory and descriptive evidence on the prevalence estimate and some demographic correlates of suicidal behaviour among nursing and midwifery college students in Ghana. <br><br>DESIGN: We used a cross-sectional survey design. <br><br>METHOD: An anonymous survey involving a randomly selected sample of 305 nursing and midwifery college students was conducted in March-May 2017. The Suicide Behavior Questionnaire-Revised was used to assess suicidal behaviour (i.e., ideation, planning, threat and attempt) and suicidal behaviour risk. <br><br>RESULTS: The lifetime prevalence of suicide ideations (15.4%; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.11-0.20), plans (6.6%; 95% CI = 0.04-0.10), attempts (2.3%; 95% CI = 0.01-0.05), threats (13.4%; 95% CI = 0.10-0.18) and 12-month prevalence of ideations (21.3%; 95% CI = 0.17-0.26) are comparable to estimates found in both high-income and low- and middle-income countries. However, associations between the demographic variables studied and suicidal behaviour risk were not statistically significant.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2054-1058",
doi="10.1002/nop2.271",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/nop2.271"
}