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| Suicidal thoughts among elderly Taiwanese Aboriginal women | | Author(s) | Cheng-Sheng Chen, Mei-Sang Yang, Ming-Jan Yang |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 23, no 10, October 2008 |
| Pages | pp 1001-1006 |
| Source | http://www.interscience.wiley.com |
| Keywords | Older women ; Ethnic groups ; At risk ; Suicide ; Evaluation ; Taiwan. |
| Annotation | 1347 older Taiwanese aboriginal women were enrolled, and their suicidal thoughts within the previous month, demographic data, adverse life events, emotional social support and depressive state were assessed. The 1-month prevalence of suicide thoughts among these community-dwelling older aboriginal women was calculated as 17.8%. Also estimated were the risks of suicide thought based on individual, family and community aspects. Those subjects with poorer self-perceived health, difficulty in accessing medical resources or experiencing marital discord were at higher risk of having suicidal thoughts. After controlling for depression, the odds ratio of self-perceived health and marital discord remained statistically significant. The odds ratio of interaction of marital discord and emotional social support was 0.41. Suicidal thoughts are common among the community-dwelling older Aboriginal women in Taiwan. Risk factors for suicidal thoughts comprise individual (depression and physical condition), family (marital discord) and community (medical resources) aspects. Better emotional and social support and effectively buffer the effect of marital discord. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-090605204 A |
| Classmark | BD: TK: CA3: EV: 4C: 7DP |
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