Global imperative of suicidal ideation in ten countries amid the COVID19 pandemic
<p><strong>Background:</strong> The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has had a detrimental impact on individuals' psychological well-being; however, a multi-country comparison on the prevalence of suicidal ideation due to the virus is still lacking.</p> <p><strong&...
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2021
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| author | Cheung, TC Lam, SC Lee, PH Xiang, YT Yip, PSF International Research Collaboration on COVID-19 |
| author2 | Lam, KBH |
| author_facet | Lam, KBH Cheung, TC Lam, SC Lee, PH Xiang, YT Yip, PSF International Research Collaboration on COVID-19 |
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| description | <p><strong>Background:</strong> The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has had a detrimental impact on individuals' psychological well-being; however, a multi-country comparison on the prevalence of suicidal ideation due to the virus is still lacking.</p>
<p><strong>Objectives:</strong> To examine the prevalence and correlates of suicidal ideation among the general population across 10 countries during the COVID-19 pandemic.</p>
<p><strong>Materials and methods:</strong> This was a cross-sectional study which used convenience sampling and collected data by conducting an online survey. Participants were sourced from 10 Eastern and Western countries. The Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) was used to measure the outcome variable of suicidal ideation. Ordinal regression analysis was used to identify significant predictors associated with suicidal ideation.</p>
<p><strong>Results:</strong> A total of 25,053 participants (22.7% male) were recruited. Results from the analysis showed that the UK and Brazil had the lowest odds of suicidal ideation compared to Macau (p < 0.05). Furthermore, younger age, male, married, and differences in health beliefs were significantly associated with suicidal ideation (p < 0.05).</p>
<p><strong>Conclusions:</strong> The findings highlight the need for joint international collaboration to formulate effective suicide prevention strategies in a timely manner and the need to implement online mental health promotion platforms. In doing so, the potential global rising death rates by suicide during the pandemic can be reduced.</p> |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:15e55aed-38a7-4a85-84d2-567e2f68a22c2022-03-26T10:28:08ZGlobal imperative of suicidal ideation in ten countries amid the COVID19 pandemicJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:15e55aed-38a7-4a85-84d2-567e2f68a22cEnglishSymplectic ElementsFrontiers Media2021Cheung, TCLam, SCLee, PHXiang, YTYip, PSFInternational Research Collaboration on COVID-19 Lam, KBH<p><strong>Background:</strong> The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has had a detrimental impact on individuals' psychological well-being; however, a multi-country comparison on the prevalence of suicidal ideation due to the virus is still lacking.</p> <p><strong>Objectives:</strong> To examine the prevalence and correlates of suicidal ideation among the general population across 10 countries during the COVID-19 pandemic.</p> <p><strong>Materials and methods:</strong> This was a cross-sectional study which used convenience sampling and collected data by conducting an online survey. Participants were sourced from 10 Eastern and Western countries. The Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) was used to measure the outcome variable of suicidal ideation. Ordinal regression analysis was used to identify significant predictors associated with suicidal ideation.</p> <p><strong>Results:</strong> A total of 25,053 participants (22.7% male) were recruited. Results from the analysis showed that the UK and Brazil had the lowest odds of suicidal ideation compared to Macau (p < 0.05). Furthermore, younger age, male, married, and differences in health beliefs were significantly associated with suicidal ideation (p < 0.05).</p> <p><strong>Conclusions:</strong> The findings highlight the need for joint international collaboration to formulate effective suicide prevention strategies in a timely manner and the need to implement online mental health promotion platforms. In doing so, the potential global rising death rates by suicide during the pandemic can be reduced.</p> |
| spellingShingle | Cheung, TC Lam, SC Lee, PH Xiang, YT Yip, PSF International Research Collaboration on COVID-19 Global imperative of suicidal ideation in ten countries amid the COVID19 pandemic |
| title | Global imperative of suicidal ideation in ten countries amid the COVID19 pandemic |
| title_full | Global imperative of suicidal ideation in ten countries amid the COVID19 pandemic |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Global imperative of suicidal ideation in ten countries amid the COVID19 pandemic |
| title_short | Global imperative of suicidal ideation in ten countries amid the COVID19 pandemic |
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