Risk of suicide among nursing students
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ABSTRACT Objectives: to identify the risk and degree of risk of suicide in nursing students of a public institution in the countryside of Pernambuco, Brazil. Methods: this was a cross-sectional, quantitative research conducted with 150 students. For data collection, a sociodemographic questionnaire and the instrument, M.I.N.I. - Brazilian version 5.0.0 - Module C - Risk of suicide were used. Statistical analyses were performed with IBM(® )SPSS(®), version 23. Results: 53.3% of nursing students had a risk of suicide, of which 20.7% had a high risk. Moreover, 22.67% reported previous suicide attempt. It is noteworthy that students without a partner have a higher risk of suicide (56.8%) than those with a partner (29.4%). Conclusions: it is perceived the need to develop programs that identify students at risk of suicide in higher education institutions, in order to raise awareness of the problem and implement policies to promote mental health in the academia.
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- Authors
- Moraes, S. M. A. B., Barbosa, V. F. B., Alexandre, A. C. S., Santos, S. C. D., Guimarães, F. J., & Veras, J. L. D. A.
- Affiliations
- Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de Pernambuco (BR)
- Instituto Federal de Educação, Brazil
- Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (BR)
- ORCID
- Venue
- Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem
- Publisher
- FapUNIFESP (SciELO)
- Published
- 2021
- Volume
- 74
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- e20200867-e20200867
- ISSN
- 0034-7167 (ISSN-L)
- 1984-0446
- OpenAlex
- W3195889486
- Cited by
- 33
- References
- 12
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 3
- FWCI
- 3.25
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Occupational Therapy › Occupational Health and Burnout
- Keywords
- suicide risk, nursing students, suicide attempts, mental health, university students, romantic relationships, rural higher education, suicide prevention programs
- MeSH terms
- Brazil, Cross-Sectional Studies, Humans, Mental Health, Students, Nursing, Suicide, Attempted
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