Suicidal Ideation and Its Associated Factors in Medical, Dental, and Pharmacy Students: A Cross-Sectional Study during COVID-19 Pandemic
Table 1
Family history and basic and demographic characteristics of participants.
Variable
Medical students ()
Pharmacy students ()
Dental students ()
value
Without suicidal ideation
With suicidal ideation
value
Gender
Female
50 (37.6%)
50 (58.8%)
117 (58.2%)
<0.001
144 (50.5%)
73 (54.5%)
0.465
Male
83 (62.4%)
35 (41.2%)
84 (41.8%)
141 (49.5%)
61 (45.5%)
Age (year)
24.15 (5.81)
21.35 (2.52)
21.89 (3.25)
0.001
22.31 (4.56)
22.88 (3.61)
0.006
Years at university
1 year
22 (16.5%)
15 (17.6%)
40 (19.9%)
<0.001
54 (18.9%)
23 (17.2%)
0.014
2 years
36 (27.1%)
23 (27.1%)
38 (18.9%)
75 (26.3%)
22 (16.4%)
3 years
26 (19.5%)
22 (25.9%)
14 (7%)
33 (11.6%)
29 (21.6%)
4 years
17 (12.8%)
8 (9.4%)
34 (16.9%)
45 (15.8%)
14 (10.4%)
5 years
10 (7.5%)
9 (10.6%)
25 (12.4%)
28 (9.8%)
16 (11.9%)
6 years
4 (3%)
6 (6.1%)
35 (17.4%)
25 (8.8%)
20 (14.9%)
7 years or more
18 (13.5%)
2 (2.4%)
15 (7.5%)
25 (8.8%)
10 (7.5%)
Residence
Home with family
67 (50.4%)
61 (71.8%)
124 (61.7%)
0.005
162 (56.8%)
90 (67.2%)
0.15
Home alone
17 (12.8%)
1 (1.2%)
12 (6%)
20 (7%)
10 (7.5%)
Dormitory
45 (33.8%)
19 (22.4%)
61 (30.3%)
95 (33.3%)
30 (22.4%)
Other
4 (3%)
4 (4.7%)
4 (2%)
8 (2.8%)
4 (3%)
Marital status
Single
112 (84.2%)
81 (95.3%)
178 (88.6%)
0.043
250 (87.7%)
121 (90.3%)
0.512
Married
21 (15.8%)
4 (4.7%)
23 (11.4%)
35 (12.3%)
13 (9.7%)
Reason for choosing this field
Family pressure
16 (12%)
3 (3.5%)
11 (5.5%)
<0.001
13 (4.6%)
17 (12.7%)
0.001
Social position
22 (16.5%)
10 (11.8%)
38 (18.9%)
49 (17.2%)
21 (15.7%)
High salary
21 (15.8%)
11 (12.9%)
64 (31.8%)
58 (20.4%)
38 (28.4%)
Personal interest
67 (50.4%)
52 (61.2%)
71 (35.3%)
145 (50.9%)
45 (33.6%)
Other
7 (5.3%)
9 (10.6%)
17 (8.5%)
20 (7%)
13 (9.7%)
Investigation about the field before choosing it
No
37 (27.8%)
21 (24.7%)
34 (16.9%)
0.049
51 (17.9%)
41 (30.6%)
0.005
Yes
96 (72.2%)
64 (75.3%)
167 (83.1%)
234 (82.1%)
93 (69.4%)
Father’s age (year)
56.56 (7.45)
54.96 (4.99)
54.27 (5.26)
0.064
54.83 (6.12)
55.77 (5.94)
0.059
Mother’s age (year)
51.17 (7.33)
49.78 (5.34)
49.06 (5.3)
0.074
49.42 (6.21)
50.65 (5.56)
0.006
Father’s education
Diploma or lower
27 (20.3%)
27 (31.8%)
48 (23.9%)
0.154
62 (21.8%)
40 (29.9%)
0.087
Higher than diploma
106 (79.7%)
58 (68.2%)
153 (76.1%)
223 (78.2%)
94 (70.1%)
Mother’s education
Diploma or lower
42 (31.6%)
25 (29.4%)
72 (35.8%)
0.514
86 (30.2%)
53 (39.6%)
0.06
Higher than diploma
91 (68.4%)
60 (70.6%)
129 (64.2%)
199 (69.8%)
81 (60.4%)
Parents living together
Yes
125 (94%)
77 (90.6%)
192 (95.5%)
0.273
273 (95.8%)
121 (90.3%)
0.044
No
8 (6%)
8 (9.4%)
9 (4.5%)
12 (4.2%)
13 (9.7%)
Father has passed away
4 (3%)
7 (8.2%)
5 (2.5%)
0.057
11 (3.9%)
5 (3.7%)
1
Mother has passed away
3 (2.3%)
0 (0%)
1 (0.05%)
0.162
2 (0.7%)
2 (1.5%)
0.596
Family income per month
< 5 million Toman
4 (3%)
15 (17.6%)
25 (12.4%)
<0.001
24 (8.4%)
20 (14.9%)
0.323
5-9.99 million Toman
32 (24.1%)
24 (28.2%)
65 (32.3%)
87 (30.5%)
34 (25.4%)
10-14.99 million Toman
44 (33.1%)
21 (24.7%)
36 (17.9%)
70 (24.6%)
31 (23.1%)
15-19.99 million Toman
17 (12.8%)
9 (10.6%)
34 (16.9%)
40 (14%)
20 (14.9%)
≥ 20 million Toman
36 (27.1%)
16 (18.8%)
41 (20.4%)
64 (22.5%)
29 (21.6%)
Family history of psychological issues
19 (14.3%)
15 (17.6%)
24 (11.9%)
0.435
27 (9.5%)
31 (23.1%)
<0.001
Family history of self-harm
7 (5.3%)
4 (4.7%)
6 (3%)
0.554
8 (2.8%)
9 (6.7%)
0.067
Family history of suicide attempt
4 (3%)
4 (4.7%)
6 (3%)
0.735
11 (3.9%)
3 (2.2%)
0.563
Smoking
Never
121 (91%)
68 (80%)
165 (82.1%)
0.09
255 (89.5%)
99 (73.9%)
<0.001
Quite
3 (2.3%)
2 (2.4%)
9 (4.5%)
10 (3.5%)
4 (3%)
Yes
9 (6.8%)
15 (17.6%)
27 (13.4%)
20 (7%)
31 (23.1%)
Addiction
Never
131 (98.5%)
84 (98.8%)
192 (95.5%)
0.272
281 (98.6%)
126 (94%)
0.007
Quite
0 (0%)
0 (0%)
4 (2%)
0 (0%)
4 (3%)
Yes
2 (1.5%)
1 (1.2%)
5 (2.5%)
4 (1.4%)
4 (3%)
Family history of smoking
No
93 (69.9%)
59 (69.4%)
146 (72.6%)
0.803
202 (70.9%)
96 (71.6%)
0.908
Yes
40 (30.1%)
26 (30.6%)
55 (27.4%)
83 (29.1%)
38 (28.4%)
Family history of addiction
No
125 (94%)
78 (91.8%)
188 (93.5%)
0.803
267 (93.7%)
124 (92.5%)
0.678
Yes
8 (6%)
7 (8.2%)
13 (6.5%)
18 (6.3%)
10 (7.5%)
Satisfaction with current field
3 (1)
4 (1)
4 (2)
0.003
4 (1.5)
3 (2)
<0.001
Values are reported as number (percentage), except for age, father’s age, and mother’s age that are reported as mean (SD), and satisfaction with the current field that is reported as median (IQR).
