Comparison of suicide attempts among nationally representative samples of Mexican adolescents 12 months before and after the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Autor: Valdez-Santiago R; Center for Health Systems Research, National Institute of Public Health (INSP), Mexico., Villalobos A; Center for Population Health Research, National Institute of Public Health (INSP), Mexico. Electronic address: alvillalobos@insp.mx., Arenas-Monreal L; Center for Health Systems Research, National Institute of Public Health (INSP), Mexico., González-Forteza C; Department of Epidemiology and Psychosocial Research, National Institute of Psychiatry (INP), Mexico., Hermosillo-de-la-Torre AE; Psychology Department, Autonomous University of Aguascalientes (UAA), Mexico., Benjet C; Department of Epidemiology and Psychosocial Research, National Institute of Psychiatry (INP), Mexico., Wagner FA; School of Social Work, University of Maryland, Baltimore, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of affective disorders [J Affect Disord] 2022 Feb 01; Vol. 298 (Pt A), pp. 65-68. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Oct 29.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2021.10.111
Abstrakt: Background: There is serious concern over the increase in mental health problems during the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic.
Methods: Based on data from two Mexican National Health and Nutrition Surveys conducted in 2018-2019 and 2020 (n = 17,925 and 4,913, respectively), we estimated the prevalence of suicide attempts among adolescents 10-19 years old in the previous year. We constructed a multivariate logistic regression model adjusted by sociodemographic characteristics and contextual variables for the Covid-19 pandemic.
Results: The prevalence of suicide attempts in the previous year was similar in both surveys. We found that women, youth in urban localities and individuals living in households where a family member had lost her/his job as a result of the Covid-19 contingency were more likely to attempt suicide compared to their counterparts. On the other hand, attending classes online proved to be a protective factor (aOR=0.3, 95% CI=0.1, 0.8, p = 0.022).
Limitations: The principal limitation of our study concerned the restricted size of our sample for the 2020 survey wave.
Conclusions: Population-level policies aimed at providing economic protection and helping youth to return to school would exert a favorable impact on the mental health and suicidal behavior of youths.
(Copyright © 2021. Published by Elsevier B.V.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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