title: Rural/urban background, depression and suicidal ideation in Chinese college students: a cross-sectional study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objective of this study was to examine, first, the relationship of having a rural vs. urban background with suicidal ideation in Chinese college students, and second, whether a potential relationship was mediated by depression.
  
  
  METHODS
  A survey was conducted among 1,145 undergraduate students at a university in China. Suicidal ideation and depressive symptoms were measured by the revised Hopkins' Symptom checklist (SCL-90-R). Associations between rural vs. urban background, depression and suicidal ideation were estimated by multivariable linear regression-based β coefficients, logistic regression-based odds ratios (ORs), and corresponding 95% confidence intervals (CIs). The magnitude of indirect effect and bias-corrected 95% CIs were obtained through bootstrap techniques.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Rural background was positively associated with depression, which was in turn associated with suicidal ideation. The OR for rural status and suicidal ideation equaled 2.15 (95% CI = 1.36-3.41). This OR was slightly, though significantly (p<0.05) attenuated by additional adjustment for depressive symptoms (OR = 1.99, 95% CI = 1.15-3.44).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Having a rural background is a determinant of suicidal ideation in Chinese college students. Depression may only marginally mediate this association.
authors: Department of Maternal and Child Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China ; Tongji Center of Injury Prevention, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
authors: Heng
authors: H
authors: Meng
authors: Jian
authors: J
authors: Li
authors: Adrian
authors: A
authors: Loerbroks
authors: Jiao
authors: J
authors: Wu
authors: Hui
authors: H
authors: Chen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D044466:Asian People; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003863:Depression / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D016017:Odds Ratio; D012424:Rural Population; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D059020:Suicidal Ideation; D014495:Universities; D014505:Urban Population
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