Attempted suicide in elderly Chinese persons: A multi-group, controlled study
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Only three studies (with four publications) examined suicide/fatal suicidal behavior.
“Only three studies (with four publications) examined suicide/fatal suicidal behavior [38,40,41,42].”
From A systematic review of social factors and suicidal behavior in older adulthood (2012) · cites this paper as [38]
No relationship between marital status and suicide attempt was found in a Hong Kong study.
“nor in Tsoh’s study that was set in Hong Kong [38].”
From A systematic review of social factors and suicidal behavior in older adulthood (2012) · cites this paper as [38]
Factors related to self-harm/non-fatal suicidal behavior were examined in six studies.
“Factors related to self-harm/non-fatal suicidal behavior were examined in six studies [27,35,36,37,38,39].”
From A systematic review of social factors and suicidal behavior in older adulthood (2012) · cites this paper as [38]
Acknowledgement of the importance of religious beliefs was associated with reduced risk of both non-fatal and fatal suicidal behavior in the Hong Kong study by Tsoh.
“The acknowledgement of the importance of religious beliefs was associated with reduced risk of both non-fatal and fatal suicidal behavior in the Hong Kong study by Tsoh [38].”
From A systematic review of social factors and suicidal behavior in older adulthood (2012) · cites this paper as [38]
Living with children was associated with decreased risk for both suicide attempt and death by suicide in the Tsoh Hong Kong study.
“Living with children was associated with decreased risk for both suicide attempt and death by suicide in the above-cited study by Tsoh [38]”
From A systematic review of social factors and suicidal behavior in older adulthood (2012) · cites this paper as [38]
Four studies examined aspects of religiosity.
“Four studies (two from the U.S., one from Hong-Kong and one from Taiwan) examined aspects of religiosity [28,34,38,41].”
From A systematic review of social factors and suicidal behavior in older adulthood (2012) · cites this paper as [38]
Significant effects on non-fatal suicidal behavior were observed in the Dennis study, and on both attempted suicide and suicide in the Tsoh study.
“For these two studies, significant effects on non-fatal suicidal behavior were observed in the Dennis study from Great Britain [36] and on both attempted suicide and suicide in Tsoh’s Hong Kong-based study [38].”
From A systematic review of social factors and suicidal behavior in older adulthood (2012) · cites this paper as [38]
Family discord distinguished between community controls and both suicide attempts and deaths in the Tsoh study.
“The Tsoh study [38]—described above in the section on social integration—did not find that family discord distinguished between suicide attempts and deaths, but it did distinguish between community controls and both attempts and deaths.”
From A systematic review of social factors and suicidal behavior in older adulthood (2012) · cites this paper as [38]
Relationship discord was associated with non-fatal and fatal suicidal behavior in three publications.
“An index of discordant connectedness—relationship discord—was examined in three publications, documenting associations with non-fatal [38] and fatal suicidal behavior [38,40,42].”
From A systematic review of social factors and suicidal behavior in older adulthood (2012) · cites this paper as [38]
Living with children was associated with a decreased risk for both non-fatal and fatal suicidal behavior in the Hong Kong study.
“For example, those who live with their children would belong to the group who do not live alone, and living with children was associated with a decreased risk for both non-fatal and fatal suicidal behavior in the Hong Kong study [38].”
From A systematic review of social factors and suicidal behavior in older adulthood (2012) · cites this paper as [38]
Rather consistent results were found in this review for religious participation, with four analyses across three studies from Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the U.S. documenting inverse associations with ideation, non-fatal and fatal suicidal behavior.
“Rather consistent results were found in this review for religious participation, with four analyses across three studies from Taiwan [34], Hong Kong [38], and the U.S. [41] documenting inverse associations with ideation, non-fatal and fatal suicidal behavior.”
From A systematic review of social factors and suicidal behavior in older adulthood (2012) · cites this paper as [38]
Family discord did not distinguish between suicide attempts and deaths in the Tsoh study.
“The Tsoh study [38]—described above in the section on social integration—did not find that family discord distinguished between suicide attempts and deaths, but it did distinguish between community controls and both attempts and deaths.”
From A systematic review of social factors and suicidal behavior in older adulthood (2012) · cites this paper as [38]
Three analyses across two independent studies, one from Great Britain and another from Hong Kong, established a consistent association between low social integration and fatal and non-fatal suicidal behavior.
“Three analyses across two independent studies, one from Great Britain [36] and another from Hong Kong [38], established a consistent association between low social integration and fatal and non-fatal suicidal behavior.”
From A systematic review of social factors and suicidal behavior in older adulthood (2012) · cites this paper as [38]
The results of these studies suggest that the effect of low social integration on suicidal behavior is not due solely to depression.
“Further, the results of these studies suggest that the effect is not due solely to depression.”
From A systematic review of social factors and suicidal behavior in older adulthood (2012) · cites this paper as [38]
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- Authors
- Tsoh, J., Chiu, H. F. K., Duberstein, P. R., Chan, S. S. M., Chi, I., Yip, P. S. F., & Conwell, Y.
- Affiliations
- Chinese University of Hong Kong (HK)
- University of Rochester Medicine (US)
- University of Hong Kong (HK)
- Corresponding author
- Tsoh, Joshua
- Venue
- The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2005-07
- Volume
- 13
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 562-571
- ISSN
- 1064-7481 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2097640620
- Cited by
- 148
- References
- 48
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 6.56
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- The HKU Scholars Hub (University of Hong Kong) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Fogarty International Center (TW-01-003)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse
- Social Sciences › Demography › Elder Abuse and Neglect
- Keywords
- suicide attempts, older adults, major depressive disorder, suicide completion, suicide risk factors, protective factors, conscientiousness, arthritis, co-residence with children, suicidal intent, hospitalization, religious denominations, personality traits, suicide prevention, secondary prevention, Chinese older adults
- MeSH terms
- Aged, Demography, Depressive Disorder, Major, Major Depressive Disorder, Female, Group Processes, Hong Kong, Humans, Male, Risk Factors, Suicide, Suicide, Attempted, Case-Control Studies, Asian People
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