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Predictive models for suicidal thoughts and behaviors among Spanish University students: rationale and methods of the UNIVERSAL (University & mental health) project
BACKGROUND: Suicide is a leading cause of death among young people. While suicide prevention is considered a research and intervention priority, longitudinal data is needed to identify risk and protective factors associate with suicidal thoughts and behaviors. Here we describe the UNIVERSAL (Univers...
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author | Blasco, Maria Jesús Castellví, Pere Almenara, José Lagares, Carolina Roca, Miquel Sesé, Albert Piqueras, José Antonio Soto-Sanz, Victoria Rodríguez-Marín, Jesús Echeburúa, Enrique Gabilondo, Andrea Cebrià, Ana Isabel Miranda-Mendizábal, Andrea Vilagut, Gemma Bruffaerts, Ronny Auerbach, Randy P. Kessler, Ronald C. Alonso, Jordi |
author_facet | Blasco, Maria Jesús Castellví, Pere Almenara, José Lagares, Carolina Roca, Miquel Sesé, Albert Piqueras, José Antonio Soto-Sanz, Victoria Rodríguez-Marín, Jesús Echeburúa, Enrique Gabilondo, Andrea Cebrià, Ana Isabel Miranda-Mendizábal, Andrea Vilagut, Gemma Bruffaerts, Ronny Auerbach, Randy P. Kessler, Ronald C. Alonso, Jordi |
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description | BACKGROUND: Suicide is a leading cause of death among young people. While suicide prevention is considered a research and intervention priority, longitudinal data is needed to identify risk and protective factors associate with suicidal thoughts and behaviors. Here we describe the UNIVERSAL (University and Mental Health) project which aims are to: (1) test prevalence and 36-month incidence of suicidal thoughts and behaviors; and (2) identify relevant risk and protective factors associated with the incidence of suicidal thoughts and behaviors among university students in Spain. METHODS: An ongoing multicenter, observational, prospective cohort study of first year university students in 5 Spanish universities. Students will be assessed annually during a 36 month follow-up. The surveys will be administered through an online, secure web-based platform. A clinical reappraisal will be completed among a subsample of respondents. Suicidal thoughts and behaviors will be assess with the Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors Interview (SITBI) and the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS). Risk and protective factors will include: mental disorders, measured with the Composite International Diagnostic Interview version 3.0 (CIDI 3.0) and Screening Scales (CIDI-SC), and the Epi-Q Screening Survey (EPI-Q-SS), socio-demographic variables, self-perceived health status, health behaviors, well-being, substance use disorders, service use and treatment. The UNIVERSAL project is part of the International College Surveys initiative, which is a core project within the World Mental Health consortium. Lifetime and the 12-month prevalence will be calculated for suicide ideation, plans and attempts. Cumulative incidence of suicidal thoughts and behaviors, and mental disorders will be measured using the actuarial method. Risk and protective factors of suicidal thoughts and behaviors will be analyzed by Cox proportional hazard models. DISCUSSION: The study will provide valid, innovative and useful data for developing prevention programs for youth suicide and for improving early identification for high-risk students. The longitudinal design of this study will improve causal interpretation of analyzed associations, needed for generating and validating predictive models. It will represent the first results about suicidal thoughts and behaviors in the Spanish university population. The World Mental Health Survey collaboration will permit accurate cross-national comparisons. |
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spelling | pubmed-48557082016-05-05 Predictive models for suicidal thoughts and behaviors among Spanish University students: rationale and methods of the UNIVERSAL (University & mental health) project Blasco, Maria Jesús Castellví, Pere Almenara, José Lagares, Carolina Roca, Miquel Sesé, Albert Piqueras, José Antonio Soto-Sanz, Victoria Rodríguez-Marín, Jesús Echeburúa, Enrique Gabilondo, Andrea Cebrià, Ana Isabel Miranda-Mendizábal, Andrea Vilagut, Gemma Bruffaerts, Ronny Auerbach, Randy P. Kessler, Ronald C. Alonso, Jordi BMC Psychiatry Study Protocol BACKGROUND: Suicide is a leading cause of death among young people. While suicide prevention is considered a research and intervention priority, longitudinal data is needed to identify risk and protective factors associate with suicidal thoughts and behaviors. Here we describe the UNIVERSAL (University and Mental Health) project which aims are to: (1) test prevalence and 36-month incidence of suicidal thoughts and behaviors; and (2) identify relevant risk and protective factors associated with the incidence of suicidal thoughts and behaviors among university students in Spain. METHODS: An ongoing multicenter, observational, prospective cohort study of first year university students in 5 Spanish universities. Students will be assessed annually during a 36 month follow-up. The surveys will be administered through an online, secure web-based platform. A clinical reappraisal will be completed among a subsample of respondents. Suicidal thoughts and behaviors will be assess with the Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors Interview (SITBI) and the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS). Risk and protective factors will include: mental disorders, measured with the Composite International Diagnostic Interview version 3.0 (CIDI 3.0) and Screening Scales (CIDI-SC), and the Epi-Q Screening Survey (EPI-Q-SS), socio-demographic variables, self-perceived health status, health behaviors, well-being, substance use disorders, service use and treatment. The UNIVERSAL project is part of the International College Surveys initiative, which is a core project within the World Mental Health consortium. Lifetime and the 12-month prevalence will be calculated for suicide ideation, plans and attempts. Cumulative incidence of suicidal thoughts and behaviors, and mental disorders will be measured using the actuarial method. Risk and protective factors of suicidal thoughts and behaviors will be analyzed by Cox proportional hazard models. DISCUSSION: The study will provide valid, innovative and useful data for developing prevention programs for youth suicide and for improving early identification for high-risk students. The longitudinal design of this study will improve causal interpretation of analyzed associations, needed for generating and validating predictive models. It will represent the first results about suicidal thoughts and behaviors in the Spanish university population. The World Mental Health Survey collaboration will permit accurate cross-national comparisons. BioMed Central 2016-05-04 /pmc/articles/PMC4855708/ /pubmed/27142432 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12888-016-0820-y Text en © Blasco et al. 2016 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
spellingShingle | Study Protocol Blasco, Maria Jesús Castellví, Pere Almenara, José Lagares, Carolina Roca, Miquel Sesé, Albert Piqueras, José Antonio Soto-Sanz, Victoria Rodríguez-Marín, Jesús Echeburúa, Enrique Gabilondo, Andrea Cebrià, Ana Isabel Miranda-Mendizábal, Andrea Vilagut, Gemma Bruffaerts, Ronny Auerbach, Randy P. Kessler, Ronald C. Alonso, Jordi Predictive models for suicidal thoughts and behaviors among Spanish University students: rationale and methods of the UNIVERSAL (University & mental health) project |
title | Predictive models for suicidal thoughts and behaviors among Spanish University students: rationale and methods of the UNIVERSAL (University & mental health) project |
title_full | Predictive models for suicidal thoughts and behaviors among Spanish University students: rationale and methods of the UNIVERSAL (University & mental health) project |
title_fullStr | Predictive models for suicidal thoughts and behaviors among Spanish University students: rationale and methods of the UNIVERSAL (University & mental health) project |
title_full_unstemmed | Predictive models for suicidal thoughts and behaviors among Spanish University students: rationale and methods of the UNIVERSAL (University & mental health) project |
title_short | Predictive models for suicidal thoughts and behaviors among Spanish University students: rationale and methods of the UNIVERSAL (University & mental health) project |
title_sort | predictive models for suicidal thoughts and behaviors among spanish university students: rationale and methods of the universal (university & mental health) project |
topic | Study Protocol |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4855708/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27142432 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12888-016-0820-y |
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