Suicidal behaviours and associated factors among medical students in Bangladesh: a protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis (2000–2024)

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Rahman, M, Kabir, MHMI, Sultana, S, Shimu, AT and Griffiths, MD ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8880-6524, 2024. Suicidal behaviours and associated factors among medical students in Bangladesh: a protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis (2000–2024). BMJ Open, 14 (7): e083720. ISSN 2044-6055

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-083720

Abstract

Introduction: Suicidal behaviour is common among medical students, and the prevalence rates might vary across various regions. Even though various systematic reviews have been conducted to assess suicidal behaviours among medical students in general, no review has ever assessed or carried out a sub-analysis to show the burden of suicidal behaviours among Bangladeshi medical students.

Methods and analysis: The research team will search the PubMed (Medline), Scopus, PsycINFO and Google Scholar databases for papers published between January 2000 and May 2024 using truncated and phrase-searched keywords and relevant subject headings. Cross-sectional studies, case series, case reports and cohort studies published in English will be included in the review. Review papers, commentaries, preprints, meeting abstracts, protocols and letters will be excluded. Two reviewers will screen the retrieved papers independently. Disagreements between two reviewers will be resolved by a third reviewer. Exposure will be different factors that initiate suicidal behaviours among medical students. The prevalence of suicidal behaviours (suicidal ideation, suicide plans and suicide attempts) in addition to the factors responsible, and types of suicide method will be extracted. Narrative synthesis and meta-analysis will be conducted and the findings will be summarised. For enhanced visualisation of the included studies, forest plots will be constructed. Heterogeneity among the studies will be assessed and sensitivity analysis will be conducted based on study quality. Included studies will be critically appraised using Joanna Briggs’s Institutional critical appraisal tools developed for different study designs.

Ethics and dissemination: The study will synthesise evidence extracted from published studies. As the review does not involve the collection of primary data, ethical approval will not be required. Findings will be disseminated orally (eg, conferences, webinars) and in writing (ie, journal paper).

PROSPERO registration number CDR 42023493595.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	BMJ Open
Creators:	Rahman, M., Kabir, M.H.M.I., Sultana, S., Shimu, A.T. and Griffiths, M.D.
Publisher:	BMJ
Date:	July 2024
Volume:	14
Number:	7
ISSN:	2044-6055
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-083720 DOI 1911592 Other
Rights:	© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2024. This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited, appropriate credit is given, any changes made indicated, and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.
Divisions:	Schools > School of Social Sciences
Record created by:	Melissa Cornwell
Date Added:	08 Jul 2024 09:51
Last Modified:	08 Jul 2024 09:51
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/51708