Suicidal behaviour among the youth with and without sensory impairment: prevalence and comparison

Bushra Akram*, Mehak Batool

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Abstract

This comparative survey was conducted to explore the prevalence of suicidal behavior among the youth without sensory impairment (n = 595) as well as youth with sensory impairment: visual impairment (n = 537) and hearing impairment (n = 535). Suicidal behavior of the participants were assessed by the Urdu form of Suicidal Behavior Questionnaire. Findings indicated the higher prevalence of overall suicidal behavior among the participants with visual impairment (38%) as compared with the participants with (32%) and the youth (13%) without sensory impairment. Odds ratios further confirmed these results by showing the participants with visual impairment higher on suicidal behavior. Moreover access to counseling, monthly income of the parents, and severity level of disability appeared to be positive predictors of suicidal behavior among the participants. Thus, results showed that all of the three groups are at the risk of having suicidal behavior and, therefore, careful measures are required to be taken at prevention and intervention levels.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)393-403
Number of pages11
JournalOmega: Journal of Death and Dying
Volume81
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2018
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • prevalence
  • hearing loss
  • vision loss
  • suicidal ideation
  • suicidal attempt

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