TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Prevalence of suicidal behaviour among nursing and midwifery college students in Ghana
JO  - Nursing open
A1  - Quarshie, Emmanuel Nii-Boye
A1  - Cheataa-Plange, Haziel Vera
A1  - Annor, Francis
A1  - Asare-Doku, Winifred
A1  - Lartey, Joshua King Safo
SP  - 897
EP  - 906
VL  - 6
IS  - 3
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 2054-1058
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/nop2.271
ID  - ref1
ER  -