Psychosocial factors related to suicidal risk during confinement due to SARS-CoV-2 in adolescents, Jipijapa Canton, Ecuador

Abstract

The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic led the Ecuadorian state to confine people to prevent the spread of the virus, a situation that had negative effects on the psychological part of citizens, especially adolescents, who in   extreme   cases   came   to   have   ideas   suicidal.   The   objective   of   this exploratory   study   was   to   preventively   identify   the   main   psychosocial   factors   that   could   be associated with the risk of suicidal ideation in adolescents during confinement. This study was carried   out   in   the   Fiscal   Educational   Unit   "Quince   de   Octubre"   and   the   Puerto   Cayo Educational Unit of the Jipijapa canton. The methodological approach of the study was mixed, qualitative, quantitative, descriptive, cross-sectional, with the inclusion of 462 adolescents in their tenth year and second year of high school, the data was generated through a virtual survey. The students accessed the form through the link they had to complete.Among the results, the existence of drug   and alcohol use in the family, sexual abuse, physical   abuse, psychological violence   is   observed.   Adolescents   verbalize   hints   to   their   relatives   or   friends   about   suicidal desires.   Among   the   main   conclusions   is   that,the   design   of   this   study   applied   to   the   462 adolescents   of   this   canton,   allows   to   visualize   psychosocial   risk   factors   related   to   the experienced   confinement   and   possible   behavior   of   suicidal   ideas   in   the   aforementioned educational unit. The findings of this study, if this methodology is replicated, could serve as information   to   generate   preventive   proposals, aimed   at   the   adolescent   population   of   similar educational institutions in the province of Manabí.