Suicidal ideation, plan and attempt among adolescents in Houston Texas: a trend and cross-sectional analysis of the youth risk behavior survey 2011–2019 in the United States
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Samuel Tundealao
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Tolulope Titiloye
Abstract
Objectives
We evaluated the trends in the prevalence of suicidal ideation, plan, and attempts among adolescents in Houston, Texas, USA, from 2011 to 2019. Furthermore, we assessed the risk factors associated with suicidal ideation, plan, and attempt among adolescents in Houston in 2019.
Methods
A cross-sectional analysis of Houston district’s Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) from 2011 to 2019. It included 11,178 adolescents aged 11–15 years in Houston middle schools. The overall and stratified (by gender, race, and ethnicity) prevalence rates were evaluated between 2011 and 2019. Factors associated with suicidal ideation, plan, and attempts in 2019 were assessed using multiple logistic regression.
Results
Suicidal ideation among adolescents increased by 2.74 % from 23.14 % in 2011–25.88 % in 2019. In 2019, we observed a 4.40 % increase in the prevalence of suicidal ideation from 2017 (21.48 %). The prevalence of suicidal plan increased by 3.76 % in 2019 (17.69 %) from 2011 (13.93 %) and by 3.99 % from 2017 (13.70 %). Suicide attempts among adolescents in Houston fluctuated from 2011 to 2019. However, there was a 1.19 % increase in prevalence in 2019 (11.62 %) compared to 2017 (10.43 %). Suicidal ideation, plan, and attempt were significantly associated with being female, Black, or African American, having ever carried a weapon, being bullied on school property, being bullied online, having ever had a cigarette, having ever had alcohol, having taken cocaine, and having used prescription pain medicine illegally/inappropriately.
Conclusions
This study found increasing rates of suicide ideation, plan, and attempts among Houston adolescents in middle schools between 2011 and 2019.
Acknowledgments
This study used data from the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS). The authors would love to appreciate the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for making this dataset available for secondary use.
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Research funding: None declared.
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Author contributions: All authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this manuscript and approved its submission. Samuel Tundealao – Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing (Original draft preparation, review, and editing), and Supervision. Tolulope Titiloye – Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing (Original draft preparation, review, and editing), and Supervision. Anusha Sajja – Writing (Original draft preparation, review, and editing). Iman Egab – Writing (Original draft preparation, review, and editing). Samuel Tundealao and Tolulope Titiloye contributed equally to this paper
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Competing interest: The authors state no conflict of interest.
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Informed consent: The children’s parents or legal guardians provided written informed consent.
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Ethical approval: The protocols for the survey were approved by the CDC’s Institutional Review Board (IRB).
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