Perception and experiences of suicide among university students in Egypt

Middle East Current Psychiatry

Table 1 Distribution of participants by faculty, academic year, and their perception of suicide in relation to gender

Variables	Male (n = 261)		Female (n = 293)		Total (n = 554)		χ2	p
Variables	n	%	N	%	n	%	χ2	p
Faculty:							47.18	0.001*
Medical	176	67.4	112	38.2	288	52.0
Non-medical	85	32.6	181	61.8	266	48.0
Academic grade:							0.000	1.000
First 3 years	145	55.6	163	55.6	308	55.6
Final year(s)	116	44.4	130	44.4	246	44.4
Accepting suicide	19	7.3	33	11.3	52	9.4	2.575	0.109
Opinion about suicide:
Courageous act	10	3.8	12	4.1	22	4.0	0.025	0.874
Escape for reality	194	74.3	189	64.5	383	69.1	6.244	0.012*
Mental trouble	67	25.7	107	36.5	174	31.4	7.541	0.006*
Crime	49	18.8	52	17.7	101	18.2	0.098	0.755
Responsibility for suicide:
Family	103	39.5	111	37.9	214	38.6	0.145	0.703
Society	166	63.6	158	53.9	324	58.5	5.323	0.021*
Country	81	31.0	109	37.2	190	34.3	2.330	0.127
Self	86	33.0	137	46.8	223	40.3	10.94	0.001*
Reasons for suicide:
Depression	201	77.0	180	61.4	381	68.8	15.59	0.001*
Absence of faith	139	53.3	187	63.8	326	58.8	6.363	0.012*
Educational stresses	116	44.4	145	49.5	261	47.1	1.409	0.235
Feeling lonely	41	54.0	114	38.9	255	46.0	12.69	0.001*
Hard life	130	49.8	119	40.6	249	44.9	4.716	0.030*
Non supportive family	143	54.8	96	32.8	239	43.1	27.30	0.001*
Attract attention	36	13.8	39	13.3	75	13.5	0.027	0.868