The Suicidal Behavior Among Smoker among Medical Students at Alzaiem Alzahari University 2022

Abstract

Areeg Alhadi Hassan Osman, Mohammed Hammad Jaber, Arieg Abdelrazig Hassan Obaid, Israa Elbukhari Taha Abdulgani and Humeda Suekit Humeda

Introduction Cigarette smoking is an important factor that responsible of morbidity and mortality. It can cause cancer, cardiovascular problems and even depression. Also, lots of people die out of suicide every year. There is some literature showed relationship between cigarette smoking and suicide-related behavior.

Objectives To determine the relationship between smoking status and suicidal behavior.

Method of Investigation This study was conducted by observational descriptive cross-sectional design using self- administered questionnaire. Smoking status was determined according to Smoking index. About suicidal behaviors, the Suicide Behavior Questionnaire-Revised (SBQ-R) was used. Data was analyzed using SPSS version 25. The relationship was analyzed using Chi- square. P values less than,05 was considered significant.

Results A total sample of 284 participants, 56% were female and 44% were male. According to batch, 19.7% of participant’s batch 24, 22.9% of participant’s batch 25, 21.1% of Participant’s batch 26, 18.7% batch 27 and 17.6% batch 28. 89% of participants are non-smoker, 8% are current smoker and 3% are former. According to smoking index, 94% of participants are mild smoker, 3% are moderate smoker and 3% are heavy smoker. 89.1% of participants have low suicidal score and 10.9% have high suicidal score. According to high suicide score, 9.1% are non-smoker while 1.8% are smoker.

Conclusion In this study, there was numbers of cigarette smokers and also there was students showing suicidal behaviors but there was no relationship between cigarette smoking and suicidal behavior.

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