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Suicide Attempts among School-Attending Adolescents in Mongolia: Associated Factors and Gender Differences

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  • Javzan Badarch

    (Department of Public Health, Albert Szent-Györgyi Medical School, University of Szeged, 6720 Szeged, Hungary)

  • Bayar Chuluunbaatar

    (Medicine and Medical Devices Regulatory Agency, Ulaanbaatar 14210, Mongolia)

  • Suvd Batbaatar

    (Department of Environmental Health, National Center for Public Health, Ulaanbaatar 13381, Mongolia)

  • Edit Paulik

    (Department of Public Health, Albert Szent-Györgyi Medical School, University of Szeged, 6720 Szeged, Hungary)

Abstract

Attempting suicide is an important risk factor that can lead to suicide death. The aim of the current study was to examine the prevalence of suicide attempts and to identify the gender-specific predictors of suicide among adolescents in Mongolia. We analyzed data from the 2019 Mongolian Global School-Based Health Survey (GSHS) conducted nationwide among 13–18-year-old students. Univariable and multivariable analyses were performed to assess the correlates of suicide attempts. Overall, 32.1% of the adolescents reported to have had suicide attempts. Multivariable analysis showed a significant association in the total sample of suicide attempts with lack of close friends, anxiety, injury and violence, smoking and alcohol drinking, and sexual intercourse. Male suicide attempters were less likely to have close friends and more likely to have injuries, been physically attacked, been bullied, smoke, drink alcohol, and have had sexual intercourse. Within the female subgroup, anxiety, injury and violence, smoking and alcohol drinking significantly increased the odds of reporting suicide attempts. Increase of the student’s age by one year decreased the odds ratio of suicide attempts. Nearly one in three students had had a suicide attempt. Several factors, including mental distress, violence, and risky behaviors were found to be associated with suicide attempts. These can aid in designing intervention strategies for preventing suicidal behaviors among adolescents.

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  • Javzan Badarch & Bayar Chuluunbaatar & Suvd Batbaatar & Edit Paulik, 2022. "Suicide Attempts among School-Attending Adolescents in Mongolia: Associated Factors and Gender Differences," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(5), pages 1-10, March.
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