Association between Frequency of Conversations and Suicidal Ideation among Medical Students during COVID-19 Pandemic in Japan.

ABSTRACT: To mitigate the spread of COVID-19, universities in Japan shifted from face-to-face to online classes, which might have reduced social interaction and increased psychiatric problems among students. A self-report questionnaire was administered to fourth-year medical students in Tokyo in May 2021, during the fourth wave of the COVID-19 outbreak, to examine the association between the frequency of conversations and suicidal thoughts. The questionnaire assessed the frequency of conversations and, using part of the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview, suicidal ideation. Of the 113 students, 98 (86.7%) responded, of whom 20 (20.4%) had suicidal ideation. Poisson regression analysis revealed that those with less than 1 conversation per week and no conversations at all had a significantl

SUBMITTER: Yamazaki J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9180649 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature