Suicidal behaviours among in-school adolescents in Mozambique: Cross-sectional evidence of the prevalence and predictors using the Global School-Based Health Survey data

Abdul-Aziz Seidu, Hubert Amu, Louis Kobina Dadzie, Abigail Amoah, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah, Edward Kwabena Ameyaw, Henry Yaw Acheampong and Kwaku Kissah-Korsah

PLOS ONE, 2020, vol. 15, issue 7, 1-13

Abstract: Introduction: Despite interventions by low and middle-income countries toward the achievement of the global Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) on promoting mental health and well-being of their populace by the year 2030, suicidal behaviours continue to be major causes of premature mortality, especially among young people. This study examined the prevalence and predictors of suicidal behaviours among in-school adolescents in Mozambique. Materials and methods: This was a cross-sectional study of 1918 in-school adolescents using data from the 2015 Global School-based Health Survey (GSHS) of Mozambique. The outcome variables (suicidal ideation, suicidal plan, and suicidal attempt) were measured with single items in the survey. Both bivariate and multivariate analyses were performed using chi-square test of independence and binary logistic regression respectively. Results are presented as Adjusted Odds Ratios for the binary logistic regression analysis. Statistical significance was set at p

Date: 2020
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