@article{ref1,
title="Active school travel is associated with fewer suicide attempts among adolescents  from low-and middle-income countries",
journal="International journal of clinical and health psychology",
year="2021",
author="Chen, Si-Tong and Guo, Tianyou and Yu, Qian and Stubbs, Brendon and Clark, Cain and Zhang, Zhihao and Zhu, Mingyue and Hossain, Md Mahhub and Yeung, Albert and Griffiths, Mark D. and Zou, Liye",
volume="21",
number="1",
pages="e100202-e100202",
abstract="Background/Objective: This study explored the association between active school  travel (AST) and suicide attempts among adolescents in low- and middle-income  countries (LMICs). <br><br>METHOD: We used the data from the Global School-based Health  Survey, including 127,097 adolescents aged 13-17 years from 34 LMICs. A  self-reported survey was used to collect data on AST and suicide attempts as well as  some variables. Multivariable logistic regression was performed to assess the  association between AST and suicide attempts. A meta-analysis with random effects  was undertaken to identify the difference in the association between AST and suicide  attempts. <br><br>RESULTS: Across all the adolescents, the prevalence of AST was 37% and the  prevalence of suicide attempts was 11.60%. Adolescents who engaged in AST were less  likely to have suicide attempts irrespective of gender. The country-wise analysis  indicated a large inconsistency in the association between AST and suicide attempt  across the countries. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: AST would appear to be a protective factor for  reducing suicide attempts among adolescents. However, the association between AST  and suicide attempts varied greatly across the countries. Future studies should  confirm the association between AST and suicide attempts.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1697-2600",
doi="10.1016/j.ijchp.2020.11.001",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijchp.2020.11.001"
}