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[Factor Characterization Associated with Suicidal Behavior in 8(th) Grade Adolescent Students in Three Schools from
Isabel Pérez-Olmos1, Doris Lorena Téllez Cruz2, Ángela Liliana Vélez Traslaviña2
1Médica psiquiatra. Especialización en Psiquiatría, de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia; formación en psicoanálisis, de la Sociedad Colombiana de Psicoanálisis. Especialización en epidemiología, de la Universidad del Rosario. Maestría en epidemiología, de la Universidad CES y Universidad del Rosario, Profesora principal del Centro de Investigación de Ciencias de la Salud (CICS), Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá, Colombia.
Objective:
To establish the probability for suicide risk and/or mental disorders, together with related factors among high school students in 3 schools in Bogota.
Methods:
Cross sectional study of 309 adolescents.
Results:
The average age was 13.83 ± 0.9, female dominance (58.6%) and a 3(rd) socioeconomic stratum (68.3%). The suicidal risk behavioral probability and/or mental symptoms was 47.6%, 26.5% exhibited some suicide manifestations, 14.23% had experienced suicidal ideas in the last 3 months, 3.55% had had suicide attempts at least once in life, and 8.73% had suicidal ideas in the last 3 months with suicide attempts. The risk of suicidal behavior and/or mental disorders was explained jointly by depression (OR=27.9, 95% CI: 3.5-223. 1), low self-esteem (OR=11.8, 95% CI: 2.5-56.5), severe family dysfunction (OR=3.4, 95%CI 1.2-9.7), being female (OR=2.1, 95% CI: 1.2-3.8) and being 15 or older (OR=1.9, 95% CI: 0.967-3.9). Psychological abuse followed by physical mistreatment was associated with suicidal behavior and /or mental illness while good family relationships were associated to lower probability.
Conclusion:
Depression, low self-esteem, severe family dysfunction, female gender, older age (≥15) and domestic violence are risk factors associated with suicide and/or mental disorders in adolescents; good family relationships are associated with lower risk.
