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Locale of the Study

This study was conducted at the Universidad de Zamboanga. Universidad

de Zamboanga is a private non – sectarian school founded on October 12, 1948

by the late Engineer Arturo Eustaquio Sr. In educational service for 65 years. UZ

has offered variety of courses that heed the demand of time. At present is has six

(6) colleges and two (2) high school department, the Graduates School plus the

UZ – Ipil Extension. UZs colleges include the College of Business Management,

School of Education, Arts and Sciences, School of Criminal Justice, School of

Allied Medicine, College of Information Technology and Technical Education, and

department of Civil Engineering. The high school departments include the Arturo

Eustaquio Memorial Science High School and Arturo Eustaquio Technical High

School located at the Summit Center, Tetuan Main Campus.

Population and Sampling Design

The respondents of the study are the first year, second year, and third

year students from the six program courses in the School of Allied Medicine that

are enrolled on academic year 2017-2018.

The purposive sampling will be used in the study. There will be 180

respondents of the study. Within the six program courses 30respondents will be

selected from each program course. And from each year level of the first year,

second year, and third year of each program course 10 respondents will be

selected.
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Table 1

Demographic Profile of the Respondents

Program F % SES f %
BSRAD 30 16.7 Below 5,000 28 15.6
BSMT 30 16.7 5,000- 10,000 25 13.9
BSRT 30 16.7 10,000-15,000 45 25.0
BSN 30 16.7 15,000-20,000 34 18.9
20,000-and
BSPH 29 16.7 48 26.7
above
ART 30 16.7
Total 180 100 Total 180 100

Age F % Year Level f %

17-18 48 26.7 1st year 45 25.0
19-20 84 46.7 2nd year 75 41.7
21and
above 48 26.7 3rd year 60 33.3
Total 180 100 Total 180 100

Gender F %
Male 59 32.8
Female 121 67.2
Total 180 100
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Table 1 presents the demographic profile of the respondents. The data for

the program shows a total frequency of one eighty respondents that include

BSRAD, BSMT, BSRT, BSN, BSPH, and ART have a weighted value of 30 or

16.7% respectively.

In terms of annual income, 28 0r 15.6% of the respondents belong to the

below 5,000: 25 or 13.9% of the respondents belong to the 5,000- 10,000:45 or

25.0% of the respondents belong to the 10,000-15,000: 34 or 18.9% of the

respondents belong to the 15,000-20,000: 48 or 26.7 of the respondents belong

to the 20,000 and above.

Respondents aged 17-18 has a weighted value of 48 or 26.7% while 19-

20 has a weighted value of 84 or 46.7% while 21 above has a weighted value of

48 or 26.7%.

In term of year level 1st year has a weighted value of 45 or 25.o% while 2 nd

year has weighted value of 75 or 41.7 while 3 rd year has weighted value of 60 or

33.3%.

In terms of gender, male respondents have a weighted value of 59 or

32.8% while female respondents have weighted value of 121 or 67.2%.

Research Instrument

The research instrument that will be used in the study isa standardized

questionnaire by Cory E. Wallack. The questionnaires is composed of two parts.

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Part I is on the socio-demographic profile of the respondents and Part II will be

composed of 10 questions regarding the suicide ideation among the respondents

that are answerable with the 5 point Likert scale.

Reliability and Validity

The standardized questionnaire will be validated by the experts in

research, program chairperson and radiologic technologists. To establish validity

and reliability, the researchers will be soliciting the expertise of the panel of

experts to validate the questionnaire by giving them a copy to be evaluated.

Ethical Consideration

To complete research with appropriate research guidelines, research

ethics is important. Considering ethical aspect of research, enough time is given

to the respondents of the study so that they can depict their view on research

questions. Primary and secondary data will be used in this study. Consent with

the respondents will be taken, appropriate permission will also be ensured for

usage of their given data. Confidentiality of the respondents will be maintained

strictly to ensure privacy of their data. The disclosure of respondents identity will

be based on their permission whether if they are not willing to disclose identity.

Their identity will not be exhibited. Usage of any secondary data from the source

will be acknowledged with appropriate references. Hence, the ethical aspect will

be followed very strictly in this research.

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Data Gathering Procedure

The following steps were observed in the conduct of this study. First, a

letter of permission was send to the Dean of Allied Medicine and likewise to the

program chairperson for the approval of the conduct of the study. Once it has

been approved, the researchers then administered the survey questionnaire to

the respondents thereafter, the respondents were asked to read the directions

and answer the survey questionnaire as honestly as they possibly could with the

researcher reminding them that their answer will be kept completely confidential.

After the respondents have finished filling out the survey questionnaire the

researchers and thanked them for cooperating with them in the completion of the

study.

Statistical Treatment

The data gathered will be analysed, computed, and interpreted using the

following statistical tools:

Frequency counts percentage and mean will be used to determine the

demographic profile of the respondents.

Weighted mean will be used to determine the mean average of suicide

ideation scale of the respondents.

T – Test and Analysis of Variance will be used to determine the significant

differences of the respondents according to their profile.

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