Suicidality Related to the COVID-19 Lockdown in Romania: Structural Equation Modeling.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Suicidality is a serious public health concern at a global scale. Suicide itself is considered to be preventable death; worldwide, suicide rates and their trends are under constant scrutiny. As part of the international COMET-G cross-sectional study, we conducted a national level investigation to examine the individual disturbances (such as anxiety, depression, or history of life-threatening attempts) and contextual factors (such as adherence to conspiracy theories or Internet use) associated with suicidality related to the COVID-19 lockdown in a lot of Romanian adults.

Participants and methods

One thousand four hundred and forty-six adults responded to an anonymous on-line questionnaire, with mean age ± standard deviation of 47.03 ± 14.21 years (1,142 females, 29

SUBMITTER: Panfil AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9152167 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature