Suicidal planning associated factors in students from a School of Nutrition in Lima, Peru, 2009

Authors

  • Manuel André Virú-Loza Investigación Estudiantil en Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (ADIECS-UNMSM), Lima, Perú. Estudiante de medicina.
  • Katherine Lissete Valeriano-Palomino Facultad de Medicina Humana, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú. Estudiante de medicina.
  • Anthony Edgar Zárate-Robles Facultad de Medicina Humana, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú. Estudiante de medicina.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15381/anales.v74i2.2381

Keywords:

Suicide, suicidal planning, students, health occupations, sleep disorders.

Abstract

Introduction: Suicidal planning is a previous step to suicide. High rates of suicidal planning among university students have been found in different populations, even higher than in the population students come from. Objectives: To determine which factors are associated with suicidal planning in students from a School of Nutrition. Design: Cross-sectional study. Institution: School of Nutrition, San Fernando Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Participants: First to fourth academic year students of Nutrition. Interventions: A survey was carried out. Main outcome measures: Statistical significance in logistic regression tests. Results: In bivariate analysis none of the studied variables was associated with suicidal planning. In analysis adjusted to socioeconomic variables difficulty to fall asleep at night showed association (p=0.044). Difficulty to fall asleep at night kept its association in analysis adjusted to all variables (p=0.039). Conclusions: Difficulty to fall asleep was a significant independent risk factor of suicidal planning in students from the Nutrition School studied.

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Published

2013-06-10

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Vol. 74 No. 2 (2013)

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Virú-Loza MA, Valeriano-Palomino KL, Zárate-Robles AE. Suicidal planning associated factors in students from a School of Nutrition in Lima, Peru, 2009. An Fac med [Internet]. 2013 Jun. 10 [cited 2024 Jul. 17];74(2):101-5. Available from: https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/anales/article/view/2381