Dr SM Yasir Arafat, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, CARe Medical College, Dhaka, Bangladesh; E-mail:
Mymensingh Med J. 2021 Apr;30(2):426-431.
Though, suicide is a preventable public health problem but prediction is almost impossible. Nevertheless, past suicidal behaviors are important risk factors which should be considered to prevent deaths by suicides. We aimed to explore the suicidal behaviors among currently employed nurses working in a referral hospital of Bangladesh. This cross-sectional study was conducted from August to September 2018 among 203 currently working nurses of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Data were collected by face to face interview with pre-tested semi-structured questionnaire and analyzed by Statistical Package for the Social Sciences software version 20.0. Among the 203 respondents; 175 were female and 28 were male, whose mean age was 28.96±4.08 years, ranging from 22-40 year. About 71% were married, 75% had educational attainment of diploma in nursing, 2% had family history of mental illness and suicide, and another one percent had family history of suicidal attempts. Prevalence of life time suicidal ideation was found as 10%, one-year prevalence rate 4%, one month 2% and within last two days it was found as 1.5%. Mean age of onset of suicidal ideation of the respondents was 23.81±4.9 year ranging from 17-35 year. Late adolescence was found as the entry time of the suicidal thoughts among this specific group. About one in ten nurses had suicidal ideation in their life time. Further larger scale and longitudinal studies are warranted to find out more precise information.
虽然自杀是一个可以预防的公共卫生问题，但几乎无法预测。然而，过去的自杀行为是重要的风险因素，应该考虑将其用于预防自杀死亡。我们旨在探讨孟加拉国一家转诊医院目前在职护士的自杀行为。这项横断面研究于 2018 年 8 月至 9 月在孟加拉国达卡的 Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib 医科大学对 203 名目前在职的护士进行。通过面对面访谈使用预先测试的半结构式问卷收集数据，并使用社会科学统计软件包 20.0 进行分析。在 203 名受访者中；175 名是女性，28 名是男性，平均年龄为 28.96±4.08 岁，年龄范围为 22-40 岁。约 71%已婚，75%具有护理文凭学历，2%有精神疾病和自杀家族史，还有 1%有自杀未遂家族史。发现终生自杀意念患病率为 10%，1 年患病率为 4%，1 个月患病率为 2%，最近两天为 1.5%。受访者出现自杀意念的平均年龄为 23.81±4.9 岁，年龄范围为 17-35 岁。青春期后期是这一特定群体出现自杀想法的进入时间。大约十分之一的护士在他们的一生中曾有过自杀念头。需要进一步进行更大规模和纵向研究，以获取更准确的信息。
