Table 3 Study characteristics
From: Prevalence of suicidal ideation and suicide attempts among refugees: a meta-analysis
Author and year of publication | Suicidal ideation | Suicide attempt | Sample size | Gender distribution | Age distribution | Population | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Akinyemi et al. (2015) [15] | 121 (27.3%) female: 66 male: 55 | - | 444 | female: 263 male: 181 | 18 and older mean: 34.7 (SD = 12.8) | refugees (Liberians, Sierra Leonans, Sudanese, Congolese, Eritreans) | Oru-Ijebu, South-West Nigeria |
Alley (1982) | - | 6 (0.14%) female: 4 male: 2 | 4.192 | - | 17–52 | Indochinese refugees | Utha, USA |
Bhui et al. (2003) [30] | 62 (34.4%) female: 24 male: 38 | - | 180 | female: 89 male: 91 | mean: 40.4 range: 20–88 | Somali refugees | Greenwich/London, GB |
Cochran et al. (2013) [31] | 13 (lifetime) (3.07%) 9 (last month) (2.13%) | 1 (0.24%) | 423 | female: 202 male: 221 | 18 and older | Buhatan refugees | Arizona Georgia, New York and Texas, USA |
Falb et al. (2013) [32] | female: 63 (7.43%) | - | female: 848 | only women | 15–49 mean: 32.12 (SD = 8.42) | female refugees in a partnership | Thai–Burma border, Myanmar & Thailand |
Führer et al. (2016) [17] | 33 (15.79%)a female: 6 male: 25 others: 1 missing:1 | - | 209 | female: 24 male: 177 others: 3 missing:5 | 16 and older | asylum-seekers | Halle, Germany |
Leiler et al. (2019 [16] | 173 (33.92%) | 510 | female: 136 male: 367 others: 7 | 18 and older | refugees (Afghanistan, Syria) | Jämtland-Härjedalen county, Sweden | |
Meyerhoff et al. (2020) [29] | 4 (6.67%) | 4 (7.55%) | 60 (ideation)/ 53 (attempt) | ideation: female: 29 male: 31 attempt: female: 22 male: 31 | 18–65 mean women: 43.7 (SD = 10.5) mean men: 38.2 (SD = 10.8) | Buhatan refugees | greater Burlington, Vermont region, USA |
Nickerson et al. (2019 [20] | 102 (39.38%) | - | 259 | female: 81 male: 178 | 18 and older, mean: 38.11 (SD = 11.8) | refugees or asylum-seekers (Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan) with no secure visa | Australia |
154 (18.64%) | - | 826 | female: 384 male: 442 | refugees or asylum-seekers (Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan) with secure visa | |||
Rahman et al. (2003) [33] | female: 96 (32.32%) | - | female: 297 | only women | mean: 28.2 (SD = 7.3) | female refugees which are mothers | Shamshatu and Shalman; Afghanistan |
Sohn et al. (2019) [25] | - | 1 (0.78%) | 129 | female: 93 male: 36 | < 31: 44 31–40: 50 41–50: 27 > 51: 8 | refugees and asylum seekers (Nigeria, Ethiopia, Liberia, Yemen, Egypt) | Seoul and Gyeonggi province, Korea |