Abstract

BAZAN-LOPEZ, José L; OLORTEGUI-MALAVER, Víctor M; VARGAS-MURGA, Horacio B  and  HUAYANAY-FALCONI, Leandro. Prevalence and associated factors with a suicidal behavior in adolescents of rural Lima. Rev Neuropsiquiatr [online]. 2016, vol.79, n.1, pp.3-16. ISSN 0034-8597.

Objectives: To identify the prevalence of and factors associated with suicidal behavior in adolescents from a rural area of Lima. Methods: A secondary analysis of a subset of data from the Epidemiological Study on Mental Health in Rural Lima 2007 was made. Information about sociodemographic variables, general mental health, mental disorders and domestic relations was included. Results: The prevalence of desire to die and suicidal thoughts in adolescents was 21.4% (CI: 16.6 to 27.1) and 7.4% (CI: 5.0 to 10.8), respectively. Multivariate analysis shows statistically significant associations of the desire to die with female gender(OR=3.05), how much the subject cares if he did something that embarrassed his family (OR=2.61), unfair rules and punishments at home (OR=2.89), sibling support (OR=2.98), having a confident friend (OR=2.85), importance of God in life, (OR=0.23), generalized anxiety (OR=6.91), and major depression (OR=7.5).In addition, multivariate analysis showed statistically significant associations for the suicidal thoughts with having volleyball court (OR=6.29),how much the subject cares if he did something that embarrassed his family (OR:3.49), having a confident friend (OR: 2.38). Conclusions: A high prevalence of the desire to die was found in adolescents of rural Lima, whereas that of suicidal thinking was similar to the prevalence levels in other countries. The associations thus identified should be evaluated in further studies.

Keywords : Prevalence; associated factors; suicidal behavior; desire to die; suicide attempt.

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