Table 4.
Bivariate analysis of factors associated with suicide ideation among the participating students (n = 506).
| Denominator | Students with suicide ideation |
p value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | (%) | |||
| Total participants | 506 | 22 | (4.3) | |
| Demographic variables | ||||
| Year of study | ||||
| 1st MBBS | 108 | 6 | (5.6) | p = 0.76b |
| 2nd MBBS | 144 | 4 | (2.8) | |
| 3rd MBBS Part 1 | 104 | 4 | (3.8) | |
| 3rd MBBS Part 2 | 85 | 4 | (4.7) | |
| Internship | 65 | 4 | (6.2) | |
| Gendera | ||||
| Female | 313 | 20 | (6.4) | p = 0.004b |
| Male | 193 | 2 | (1) | |
| Residence | ||||
| India Urban | 430 | 19 | (4.4) | p = 0.97c |
| India Rural & Tribal | 57 | 2 | (3.5) | |
| Outside India | 19 | 1 | (5.3) | |
| Currently living with | ||||
| With parents | 244 | 9 | (3.7) | p = 0.48b |
| In hostel |
262 |
13 |
(5) |
|
| Family-related variables | ||||
| Type of family | ||||
| Nuclear family | 372 | 18 | (4.8) | p = 0.36b |
| Joint family | 134 | 4 | (3) | |
| Presence of sibling | ||||
| Having a sibling | 449 | 20 | (4.5) | p = 0.98c |
| No sibling | 57 | 2 | (3.5) | |
| Mother's education | ||||
| Not literate | 29 | 1 | (3.4) | p = 0.82c |
| Literate | 477 | 21 | (4.4) | |
| Family history of attempted suicide | ||||
| Present | 48 | 5 | (10.4) | p = 0.07c |
| No such history |
458 |
17 |
(3.7) |
|
| Personal attributes | ||||
| Tobacco usage | ||||
| Tobacco using | 53 | 2 | (3.8) | p = 0.88c |
| Not using | 453 | 20 | (4.4) | |
| Alcohol usagea | ||||
| Alcohol using | 88 | 9 | (10.2) | p = 0.007c |
| Alcohol not using | 418 | 13 | (3.1) | |
| Drugs usage | ||||
| Drugs/Medication using | 60 | 4 | (6.7) | p = 0.54c |
| Drug not using | 446 | 18 | (4) | |
| History of facing abusea | ||||
| Any abuse | 106 | 15 | (14.2) | p < 0.001c |
| No abuse | 400 | 7 | (1.8) | |
| History of psychiatric illness presenta | ||||
| Psychiatric illness present | 43 | 8 | (18.6) | p < 0.001c |
| No psychiatric illness | 463 | 14 | (3) | |
| Presence of identified stressor | ||||
| Academic | ||||
| Academic stress present | 248 | 15 | (6) | p = 0.06b |
| No academic stress | 258 | 7 | (2.7) | |
| Family relateda | ||||
| Family-related stress present | 70 | 13 | (18.6) | p < 0.001c |
| No family-related stress | 436 | 9 | (2.1) | |
| Friends relateda | ||||
| Friends-related stress present | 149 | 15 | (10.1) | p < 0.001b |
| No friends-related stress | 357 | 7 | (2) | |
| Health related | ||||
| Health-related stress present | 55 | 4 | (7.3) | p = 0.43c |
| No health-related stress | 451 | 18 | (4) | |
| Major loss in lifea | ||||
| Stress related to major loss in life | 17 | 3 | (17.6) | p = 0.03c |
| No major loss related stress | 489 | 19 | (3.9) | |
| Environment related | ||||
| Environment-related stress | 74 | 6 | (8.1) | p = 0.15c |
| No environment-related stress | 432 | 16 | (3.7) | |
a
Statistically significant
b
chi-square
c
chi-square with Yate's correction.