Attempted Suicide and the Elderly Trauma Patient: Risk Factors and Outcomes

ABSTRACTBackground:Previous studies have thoroughly investigated the prevalence and risk factors for completed suicide. In marked contrast is the lack of a better understanding of attempted suicide in the elderly. The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of attempted suicide in the elderly and examine the associated factors.Methods:Using a multi-stage cluster sampling approach, a cross-sectional survey of 8,399 elderly house-dwelling residents was conducted in Shanghai, China.Results:The two-week prevalence of attempted suicide in the elderly was 0.75%. In the bivariate analysis, having no caregivers, depressive, anxiety, sad, fear, obsessive-compulsive and anger symptom, and lower scores on the Barthel Index of Activities of Daily Living and the Lawton Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Scale were significantly associated with an increased risk of attempted suicide in the elderly. In the multivariate analysis, sad and fear symptoms were significantly and independently associated with a higher risk of attempted suicide in the elderly.Conclusion:The two-week prevalence of attempted suicide in the elderly is relatively high when compared with the annualized or lifetime prevalence reported in China and foreign settings. Elderly individuals with certain mental symptoms should be targeted for suicide prevention and provided with timely mental health support.

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Patient risk factors and adverse drug interactions in the treatment of acute gouty arthritis in the elderly: a case report

Cases Journal ◽

10.1186/1757-1626-2-6602 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 6602

Author(s):

Bernhard Zagler ◽

Angelika Kaneppele ◽

Peter Pattis ◽

Ingrid Stockner ◽

Günther Sitzmann ◽

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Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

Case Report ◽

Drug Interactions ◽

Gouty Arthritis ◽

The Elderly ◽

Patient Risk ◽

Acute Gouty Arthritis

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788 Risk factors for rehospitalization in the elderly with chronic heart failure with preserved and impaired systolic function

European Journal of Heart Failure Supplements ◽

10.1016/s1567-4215(07)60509-8 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

pp. 180-180

Author(s):

S BOZINOVIC ◽

A GRDINIC ◽

D STAMENKOVIC ◽

M STOJADINOVIC ◽

I MARKOVIC ◽

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Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

Heart Failure ◽

Chronic Heart Failure ◽

Systolic Function ◽

The Elderly

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Differences in physical function and metabolic syndrome risk factors according to the level of physical activity in elderly Korean men: a pilot study

10.31083/jomh.v17i1.200 ◽

2020 ◽

Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Risk Factors ◽

Metabolic Syndrome ◽

Physical Function ◽

Vigorous Physical Activity ◽

Density Lipoprotein ◽

The Elderly ◽

Berg Balance Scale ◽

Lower Percentage ◽

Mineral Density

Background and objective: Managing the decrease in physical function in the elderly is a major task in aging societies globally. Here, we aimed to compare the physical function and metabolic syndrome (MetS) risk factors according to levels of physical activity (PA). Material and methods: We measured PA in 77 elderly Korean men (74.21 ± 6.26 years old) with an accelerometer and recorded body composition, physical function, and MetS-related risk factors. Participants were divided into three groups based on daily moderate-vigorous physical activity (MVPA): low (under 60 min), middle (60-120 min), and high (over 120 min). The groups were compared using a one-way analysis of variance and the Scheffe post hoc test. Odds ratios (OR) were calculated by logistic regression analysis. Results: Signiﬁcant differences were found between the groups for sedentary behavior time (P < 0.001), light PA (P < 0.05), moderate PA (P < 0.001), vigorous PA (P < 0.05), and total energy expenditure (P < 0.001). The high PA group showed a signiﬁcantly lower percentage of body fat and fat mass and higher muscle mass than did the low and middle PA groups (P < 0.05). The 6-min walk test was signiﬁcantly better in the high PA group than in the low and middle PA groups (P < 0.05). Grip strength and the Berg balance scale were also signiﬁcantly better in the high PA group (P < 0.05). Bone mineral density (BMD) and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) were signiﬁcantly higher in the high PA group than in the low PA group (P < 0.05). Systolic blood pressure (SBP) was signiﬁcantly higher in the middle PA group than in the low PA group (P < 0.05). Participants with more than three MetS criteria showed an OR of 0.09 (95% conﬁdence interval 0.01-0.82) in the high PA group as compared with the low PA group (P < 0.05). Conclusions: Moderate-vigorous physical activity of more than 120 min daily showed better physical function and lower OR of MetS than did lower MVPA levels in elderly Korean men.

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