Active school travel is associated with fewer suicide attempts among adolescents from low-and middle-income countries

Chen, S-T, Guo, T, Yu, Q, Stubbs, B, Clark, C, Zhang, Z, Zhu, M, Hossain, MM, Yeung, A, Griffiths, MD ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8880-6524 and Zou, L, 2021. Active school travel is associated with fewer suicide attempts among adolescents from low-and middle-income countries. International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology, 21 (1): 100202. ISSN 1697-2600

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Abstract

Background/Objective: This study explored the association between active school travel (AST) and suicide attempts among adolescents in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Method: We used the data from the Global School-based Health Survey, including 127,097 adolescents aged 13-17 years from 34 LMICs. A self-reported survey was used to collect data on AST and suicide attempts as well as some variables. Multivariable logistic regression was performed to assess the association between AST and suicide attempts. A meta-analysis with random effects was undertaken to identify the difference in the association between AST and suicide attempts. Results: Across all the adolescents, the prevalence of AST was 37% and the prevalence of suicide attempts was 11.60%. Adolescents who engaged in AST were less likely to have suicide attempts irrespective of gender. The country-wise analysis indicated a large inconsistency in the association between AST and suicide attempt across the countries. Conclusions: AST would appear to be a protective factor for reducing suicide attempts among adolescents. However, the association between AST and suicide attempts varied greatly across the countries. Future studies should confirm the association between AST and suicide attempts.

Item Type:	Journal article
Alternative Title:	Desplazamientos escolares activos reducen intentos de suicidio de jóvenes de países con ingresos bajos y medios
Publication Title:	International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology
Creators:	Chen, S.-T., Guo, T., Yu, Q., Stubbs, B., Clark, C., Zhang, Z., Zhu, M., Hossain, M.M., Yeung, A., Griffiths, M.D. and Zou, L.
Publisher:	Elsevier
Date:	January 2021
Volume:	21
Number:	1
ISSN:	1697-2600
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1016/j.ijchp.2020.11.001 DOI S1697260020300776 Publisher Item Identifier 1393322 Other
Divisions:	Schools > School of Social Sciences
Record created by:	Jonathan Gallacher
Date Added:	11 Dec 2020 08:22
Last Modified:	31 May 2021 15:07
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/41828

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