Suicidal Ideation and Its Associated Factors in Medical, Dental, and Pharmacy Students: A Cross-Sectional Study during COVID-19 Pandemic
Table 2
Comparing the psychological issues, suicidal ideation, and suicidal attempt among medical, dental, and pharmacy students.
Medical student ()
Pharmacy student ()
Dental student ()
value
Without suicidal ideation
With suicidal ideation
value
BHS
7.28 (4.72)
7.8 (4.59)
5.9 (4.17)
<0.001
5.2 (3.68)
9.97 (4.39)
<0.001
PSS
28.19 (8.65)
29.69 (8.84)
26.91 (7.94)
0.069
25.11 (7.18)
33.76 (7.8)
<0.001
UCLA loneliness scale
45.45 (13.42)
49.3 (12.95)
44.23 (12.57)
0.01
41.57 (11.53)
54.31 (11.78)
<0.001
MBI-SS-exhaustion
13.9 (7.06)
14.77 (6.82)
13.65 (6.96)
0.4
12.7 (6.57)
16.62 (7.03)
<0.001
MBI-SS-cynicism
10.87 (5.97)
12.85 (6.39)
11.01 (5.89)
0.034
10.22 (5.82)
13.73 (5.86)
<0.001
MBI-SS-professional efficacy
17.72 (7.47)
16.75 (7.49)
17.86 (7.48)
0.453
19.08 (7.07)
14.43 (7.35)
<0.001
History of psychological issues
17 (12.8%)
19 (22.4%)
23 (11.4%)
0.046
19 (6.7%)
40 (29.9%)
<0.001
History of self-harm
7 (5.3%)
12 (14.1%)
15 (7.5%)
0.059
18 (6.3%)
16 (11.9%)
0.056
History of suicide attempt
2 (1.5%)
7 (8.2%)
9 (4.5%)
0.057
8 (2.8%)
10 (7.5%)
0.038
Suicidal ideation
45 (33.8%)
29 (34.1%)
60 (29.9%)
0.668
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Values are reported as mean (SD), except for history of psychological issues, history of self-harm, suicidal ideation, and history of suicide attempt that are reported as number (percentage). BHS: Beck Hopelessness Scale; PSS: Perceived Stress Scale; MBI-SS: Maslach Burnout Inventory-Student Survey.
