Prevalence and associated factors of suicidal behaviors among Bangladeshi rural community people: Findings from the 'BD ComMen Study'

Suicide is considered as one of the major public health concerns, which can be prevented with cost-effective and timely intervention. In Bangladesh, very few studies assessed the suicidal behavior of rural community people. Thus, this Bangladesh Community Mental Health Study (BD ComMen Study) attemp...

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Published in:PloS one 2022-12, Vol.17 (12), p.e0279271-e0279271
Main Authors: Mamun, Mohammed A, Al-Mamun, Firoj, Islam, Johurul, Muhit, Mohammad
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anxiety
Care and treatment
Chi-square test
Chronic illnesses
Confidence intervals
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Cross-Sectional Studies
Data collection
Demographics
Distribution
Family income
Genetics
Health risks
Humans
Insomnia
Likert scale
Male
Medicine and Health Sciences
Mental depression
Mental health
Pandemics
People and Places
Prevalence
Public health
Risk Factors
Rural areas
Rural communities
Rural Population
Sample size
Sampling techniques
Sleep disorders
Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders - epidemiology
Social Sciences
Suicidal behavior
Suicidal Ideation
Suicide
Suicides & suicide attempts
Womens health
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Summary:Suicide is considered as one of the major public health concerns, which can be prevented with cost-effective and timely intervention. In Bangladesh, very few studies assessed the suicidal behavior of rural community people. Thus, this Bangladesh Community Mental Health Study (BD ComMen Study) attempted to understand the current situation of suicidality in Bangladeshi rural community people considering three-time frames: lifetime, past year, and past month. A cross-sectional study was conducted in a rural community in Bangladesh between May 17 and 31, 2022, using a cluster sampling technique. Information on socio-demographics, COVID-19-related factors, depression, anxiety, insomnia, and suicidal behaviors was collected. The Chi-square test or Fisher's exact test and logistic regression were used to analyze the data. During their lifetime, 33.1% of the rural community people had suicidal thoughts, whereas 5.5% made a plan for suicide and 1.8% attempted suicide. The prevalence of past-year suicidal ideation was 3.9%, whereas 1.4% had a suicide plan. In addition, 0.6% had past-month suicidal thoughts, although none of them had planned or attempted suicide. The factors associated with suicidal behaviors included males, lower age, lower educational grade, low-earning jobs, living in a government-provided house, family history of mental health and suicide, and suffering from anxiety and insomnia. Suicidal behaviors among the rural community people are of great concern as most of the rural people in Bangladesh do not have enough mental health literacy for treatment-seeking due to a high level of mental health-related stigma. Thus, this study would likely help to initiate further studies and stimulate suicide prevention programs, because most suicide can be prevented.
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0279271