TY - JOUR
T1 - Asthma and allergy as risk factors for suicidal behavior among young adults
AU - Vargas, Perla A.
AU - Robles, Elias
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2019/2/17
Y1 - 2019/2/17
N2 - An association between allergic disease, depression and suicidality has been reported. Objective: To explore the relationships between suicidality and asthma, allergy, internet addiction, stress, sleep quality, pain/discomfort, and depression, among emerging adults. Participants: 929 college students completed an online survey between October 2015 and April 2017. Methods: A cross-sectional study using multivariate analysis techniques was implemented. Results: Using structural equation modeling, we found that allergies and stress were directly related to pain/discomfort; pain/discomfort was associated to poor sleep, depression, and suicidality. Sleep quality was also affected by stress; while sleep, stress, pain/discomfort, and internet addiction were directly related to depression (all p <.05). Ultimately, four factors impacted suicidality: stress, pain/discomfort, depression, and, indirectly, sleep quality (all p <.05). Although allergy had some effects, these did not reach statistical significance (p <.09). Conclusion: Findings suggest that allergy might impact suicidality indirectly through increased pain/discomfort, poor sleep, and depression.
AB - An association between allergic disease, depression and suicidality has been reported. Objective: To explore the relationships between suicidality and asthma, allergy, internet addiction, stress, sleep quality, pain/discomfort, and depression, among emerging adults. Participants: 929 college students completed an online survey between October 2015 and April 2017. Methods: A cross-sectional study using multivariate analysis techniques was implemented. Results: Using structural equation modeling, we found that allergies and stress were directly related to pain/discomfort; pain/discomfort was associated to poor sleep, depression, and suicidality. Sleep quality was also affected by stress; while sleep, stress, pain/discomfort, and internet addiction were directly related to depression (all p <.05). Ultimately, four factors impacted suicidality: stress, pain/discomfort, depression, and, indirectly, sleep quality (all p <.05). Although allergy had some effects, these did not reach statistical significance (p <.09). Conclusion: Findings suggest that allergy might impact suicidality indirectly through increased pain/discomfort, poor sleep, and depression.
KW - Allergy
KW - asthma
KW - data modeling
KW - depression
KW - mechanism
KW - path analytic technique
KW - regression
KW - suicide
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U2 - 10.1080/07448481.2018.1462822
DO - 10.1080/07448481.2018.1462822
M3 - Article
C2 - 29652637
AN - SCOPUS:85049129266
SN - 0744-8481
VL - 67
SP - 97
EP - 112
JO - Journal of American College Health
JF - Journal of American College Health
IS - 2
ER -