Open AccessMagnitude and Associated Factors of Suicidal Ideation Among Cancer Patients at Ayder Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Mekelle, Ethiopia, 2019: Cross-sectional Study
Author(s) -
Haftamu Mamo Hagezom,
Tadele Amare,
Getahun Hibdye,
Wubit Demeke
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
cancer management and research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.024
H-Index - 40
ISSN - 1179-1322
DOI - 10.2147/cmar.s268669
Subject(s) - medicine , cidi , suicidal ideation , cross sectional study , odds ratio , psychiatry , logistic regression , cancer , population , anxiety , poison control , suicide prevention , environmental health , anxiety disorder , pathology
Suicide is a worldwide public health issue and considered as a psychiatric emergency. The majority of all completed suicides occur in low- and middle-income countries. A diagnosis of cancer has been associated with an increased risk of suicidal ideation and suicide is one of the leading causes of non-cancer-related mortality among cancer patients in recent years. Suicidal ideation is four times higher in cancer patients than in the general population. There is limited evidence on suicidal ideation on patients diagnosed with cancer in Ethiopia as well as in African countries.