Determinants of Suicide Ideation in the Romanian Population
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Design and Participants
2.2. Ethical Issues
2.3. Variables and Measurements
2.4. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Descriptive Statistics
3.2. Inferential Analysis Results
3.3. Logistic Regression Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Variable | Psychosocial Determinants of Suicide | ||||||||||||
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Prolonged Sadness | Suicide Ideation | Health | Nutrition | Physical Activities | Recreational Activities | Wealth | Affective life | Sex Life | Family Relationships | Social Relationships | Income | Index of Psychosocial Factors | |
Suicide ideation | 0.289 ** | 1 | −0.144 ** | −0.123 ** | −0.025 | −0.026 | −0.147 ** | −0.123 ** | −0.077 * | −0.222 ** | −0.139 ** | −0.102 ** | −0.165 ** |
Prolonged sadness | 1 | 0.289 ** | −0.238 ** | −0.169 ** | −0.093 ** | −0.092 ** | −0.262 ** | −0.279 ** | −0.286 ** | −0.185 ** | −0.135 ** | −0.215 ** | −0.306 ** |
Variable | Quality of Life Items | Life Antecedents | ||||||
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Life Satisfaction | Overall Happiness | Trauma | Abuse | Chronic Illnesses | Deception | Depression | Self-harm | |
Suicide ideation | −0.166 ** | −0.236 ** | 0.200 ** | 0.166 ** | 0.121 ** | 0.229 ** | 0.360 ** | 0.317 ** |
Prolongued sadness | −0.241 ** | −0.337 ** | 0.256 ** | 0.229 ** | 0.233 ** | 0.390 ** | 0.416 ** | 0.243 ** |
Variable | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Suicide ideation | 0.271 ** | −0.017 | 0.254 ** | −0.007 | 0.097 ** | 0.080 ** | 0.203 ** |
Prolongued sadness | 0.308 ** | −0.028 | 0.246 ** | 0.039 | 0.138 ** | 0.105 ** | 0.255 ** |
Control Variables | Variables’ Categories | Frequency | % | Exp(B) | Sig. | 95% C.I.for EXP(B) | |
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Lower | Upper | ||||||
Sex | Male | 546 | 51 | 0.648 | 0.123 | 0.373 | 1.125 |
Female (ref.) | 522 | 49 | |||||
Age-group | 18–35 years | 277 | 26 | 6.828 | <0.001 | 2.675 | 17.429 |
36–50 years | 297 | 28 | 5.372 | <0.001 | 2.195 | 13.149 | |
51–65 years | 327 | 30 | 4.697 | <0.001 | 1.954 | 11.291 | |
Over 65 years (ref.) | 167 | 16 | |||||
Education | Primary or lower education | 163 | 15 | 3.104 | 0.015 | 1.243 | 7.749 |
Secondary education | 553 | 52 | 1.128 | 0.798 | 0.448 | 2.837 | |
Higher education (ref.) | 352 | 33 | |||||
Area of residence | Urban | 611 | 57 | 0.787 | 0.386 | 0.458 | 1.353 |
Rural (ref.) | 457 | 43 | |||||
Covariates | |||||||
Life satisfaction | Low | 624 | 58 | 0.904 | 0.772 | 0.456 | 1.790 |
High (ref.) | 444 | 42 | |||||
Overall happiness | Low | 614 | 57 | 3.004 | 0.004 | 1.430 | 6.311 |
High (ref.) | 454 | 43 | |||||
Depression | No | 841 | 79 | 0.152 | <0.001 | 0.085 | 0.272 |
Yes (ref.) | 227 | 21 | |||||
Self-harm | No | 1009 | 94 | 0.259 | 0.001 | 0.135 | 0.495 |
Yes (ref.) | 59 | 6 | |||||
Trauma | No | 718 | 67 | 0.562 | 0.050 | 0.314 | 1.006 |
Yes (ref.) | 350 | 33 |
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Vuscan, M.E.; Faludi, C.; Rusu, S.I.; Vica, M.L.; Balici, S.; Siserman, C.V.; Coman, H.G.; Matei, H.V. Determinants of Suicide Ideation in the Romanian Population. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 10384. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191610384
Vuscan ME, Faludi C, Rusu SI, Vica ML, Balici S, Siserman CV, Coman HG, Matei HV. Determinants of Suicide Ideation in the Romanian Population. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(16):10384. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191610384
Chicago/Turabian StyleVuscan, Mihaela Elvira, Cristina Faludi, Sergiu Ionica Rusu, Mihaela Laura Vica, Stefana Balici, Costel Vasile Siserman, Horia George Coman, and Horea Vladi Matei. 2022. "Determinants of Suicide Ideation in the Romanian Population" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 16: 10384. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191610384