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Daily hassles, physical illness, and sleep problems in older adults with wishes to die
Author(s)	Sylvie Lapierre, Richard Boyer, Sophie Desjardins
Journal title	International Psychogeriatrics, vol 24, no 2, February 2012
Pages	pp 243-252
Source	http://www.journals.cambridge.org/ipg
Keywords	Depression ; Stress ; Chronic illness ; Sleep disorders ; Death ; Canada.
Annotation	Using a representative sample of 2777 community living older adults aged 65 years and over in Quebec, the authors compared 163 individuals with the wish to die with those without the wish to die on the basis of the presence and severity of daily hassles, physical illness, and sleep quality. Logistic regression revealed that when depression and sociodemographic variables were held constant, self-rated physical health, number of chronic illnesses, number and intensity of daily hassles, as well as sleep problems were significantly associated with the wish to die in older adults. Painful illnesses and daytime dysfunction due to sleep problems were also associated factors with the wish to die. Since desire for death is the first step into the suicidal process, health professionals should seriously consider the important and unique contribution of these variables, in order to have more opportunities for detection and intervention. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-120813007 A
Classmark	ENR: QNH: CI: CTS: CW: 7S
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