Prevalence and associated factors of suicidal behavior of adolescents in rural Bangladesh

This study aims to find out the prevalence and associated factors of suicidal behavior among adolescents aged 11 to 17 years in rural Bangladesh. A cross-sectional study was performed in Lohagara, a rural subdistrict in Narail in southern Bangladesh, where 350 subjects were recruited. The sampling technique was stratified sampling. Students from different classes in school were grouped into sections. There were five classes, and each class consisted of three different sections. Every section comprised fifty students in total. Through simple random sampling, one section from each class was selected primarily, and another two sections were chosen from the rest following the same. The Bengali-translated versions of the Suicidal Behavior-Revised Questionnaire (SBQ-R) and the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale - 21 Items (DASS-21), as well as another structured questionnaire, were used to collect data from participants.