Behavior Characteristics and Risk Factors for Suicide Among the Elderly in Rural China

2018 ◽  
Vol 206 (3) ◽  
pp. 195-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bao-Peng Liu ◽  
Ping Qin ◽  
Cun-Xian Jia
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Rural China ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Behavior Characteristics ◽  
Risk Factors For Suicide

Epidemiology of Suicide

1995 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eve K. Mościcki
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Stressful Life Event ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Addictive Disorders ◽  
Multiple Risk Factors ◽  
Serotonergic Activity ◽  
History Of ◽  
Risk Factors For Suicide

This article presents the epidemiology of suicide with a special focus on suicides among the elderly, and discusses the known risk factors for suicide within a framework designed to encourage a systematic approach to theory testing and prevention. Throughout the world, suicide rates are highest among the elderly. The risk factors for suicide can be classified as distal or proximal, and, within these broad categories, as sociodemographic, psychiatric, biological, familial, and situational. Mental and addictive disorders are the major risk factors for suicide in all age groups. Other risk factors include male gender, disrupted marital status, prior suicide attempt, reduced brain stem serotonergic activity, family history of psychiatric disorder or suicide, a firearm in the home, and a recent, severely stressful life event. Since risk factors for suicide rarely occur in isolation, prevention efforts are more likely to succeed if multiple risk factors are targeted.

Suicidal Behavior in the Elderly and its Forensic Implications

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maureen A. Malin ◽  
Carolina Jimenez-Madiedo ◽  
Robert Kohn
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Substance Use ◽  
Substance Use Disorder ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Clinical Decision Making ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Care Facilities ◽  
Risk Factors For Suicide

The probability of death from a suicidal act increases exponentially with age. Risk factors for suicide in the elderly include mental illness, serious suicidal ideation, functional impairment, stressful life events, substance use disorder, physical illness, and type of social connectedness. Following depression, substance use disorder is the second most common psychiatric diagnosis associated with elder suicide. Risk factors associated with suicide in long-term care facilities are similar to those for the general population. This chapter presents the epidemiology of suicide among older adults and discusses the various risk factors for suicide and its occurrence in long-term care facilities. Also discussed are guidelines for prevention of suicide and clinician liability. Stratifying the risk severity and temporality in relation to risk factors may assist in ascertaining the actual risk and facilitate clinical decision-making. As elderly patients have the highest risk of suicide, clinicians need to be vigilant and implement good clinical practice standards to reduce liability.

Epidemiology and risk factors for suicide in the elderly: 10-year update

Aging Health ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 135-145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandre Y Dombrovski ◽  
Katalin Szanto ◽  
Charles F Reynolds III
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Risk Factors For Suicide

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

2007 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 180-180
Author(s):  
S BOZINOVIC ◽  
A GRDINIC ◽  
D STAMENKOVIC ◽  
M STOJADINOVIC ◽  
I MARKOVIC ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Heart Failure ◽  
Chronic Heart Failure ◽  
Systolic Function ◽  
The Elderly

Validity of Proxy-Based Reports of Impulsivity and Aggression in Chinese Research on Suicidal Behavior

Crisis ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 137-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing An ◽  
Michael R. Phillips ◽  
Kenneth R. Conner
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Suicidal Behavior ◽  
Rural China ◽  
Suicide Attempters ◽  
Barratt Impulsiveness Scale ◽  
Single Location ◽  
Aggression Questionnaire ◽  
Community Controls

Background: In studies about the risk factors for suicidal behavior, the assessment of impulsiveness and aggression often depend on information from proxy informants. Aims: To assess the validity of proxy informants’ reports on impulsiveness and aggression in China. Methods: Modified Chinese versions of the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale (BIS-CV) and the Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire (AQ-CV) were administered to 131 suicide attempters treated at a hospital in rural China, to coresident relatives about the attempters, to 131 matched community controls, and to coresident relatives about the controls. Results: BIS-CV and AQ-CV total scores and subscale scores were all significantly higher for suicide attempters than for matched controls. Proxy informants considered subjects slightly more impulsive and aggressive than the subjects reported themselves. Subject-proxy concordance for total BIS-CV and AQ-CV scores were excellent for both attempters and controls (ICCs = 0.76–0.83). Concordance for the three BIS-CV subscales was 0.74–0.81 for attempters and 0.74–0.83 for controls. Concordance for the five AQ-CV subscales was 0.66–0.85 for attempters and 0.56–0.82 for controls. Limitations: Results are based on respondents from a single location in rural China. Conclusions: The results support the validity of the BIS-CV and AQ-CV and of research on suicidal behavior in China that uses proxy-based reports of impulsiveness and aggression.

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

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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