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Suicidal ideation and health‐related quality of life in the community

Goldney, Robert D, Fisher, Laura J, Wilson, David H, Cheok, Frida·2001·Medical Journal of Australia
DOI 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2001.tb143717.x
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OBJECTIVE: To examine the health-related quality of life of people with suicidal ideation in the general community. DESIGN: A Health Omnibus Survey of a random, representative sample of the South Australian population in 1998, conducted by experienced interviewers. SUBJECTS: 3010 people over the age of 15 years. OUTCOME MEASURES: The survey included questions about utilisation of health services and the Short-form Health-related Quality of Life (SF-36) and Assessment of Quality of Life (AQoL) instruments. Suicidal ideation was determined in response to a direct question. RESULTS: 79 (2.6%) subjects reported suicidal ideation in the past two weeks. Compared with those without suicidal ideation, subjects with suicidal ideation reported significantly greater use of general practitioners, psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers and outpatient clinics (P<0.001), community health services and other counsellors (P<0.01), and more hospital admissions (P<0.05). Those subjects also scored significantly poorer on all subscales of both instruments (P<0.001), to the extent that they were below the 4th percentile on the role-emotional and mental health dimensions of the SF-36 and the social relationships, psychological wellbeing and overall scores of the AQoL. CONCLUSIONS: Suicidal ideation is associated with poor health-related quality of life. These results in a random and representative community sample add support to the need to improve targeting of those with suicidal ideation on a population basis with a view to earlier intervention.

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  • The prevalence of suicidal ideation in this study sample was substantially higher than that of the general population, which ranges from 1.1% to 19.8%.

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Authors
Goldney, R. D., Fisher, L. J., Wilson, D. H., & Cheok, F.
Affiliations
  • The University of Adelaide (AU)
  • The Adelaide ClinicAdelaideSA
  • Centre for Population Studies and EpidemiologyDepartment of Human ServicesAdelaideSA
  • SA Health (AU)
ORCID
Venue
Medical Journal of Australia
Publisher
AMPCo
Published
2001-11
Volume
175
Issue
10
Pages
546-549
ISSN
  • 0025-729X (ISSN-L)
  • 1326-5377
DOI
10.5694/j.1326-5377.2001.tb143717.x
OpenAlex
W187786133
Cited by
96
References
13
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FWCI
4.43
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
Locations
  • The Medical Journal of Australia (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Adelaide Research & Scholarship (AR&S) (University of Adelaide) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Health and Well-being Studies
Keywords
suicidal ideation, health-related quality of life, health care utilization, community mental health, hospitalization, SF-36, AQoL, South Australia, early intervention
MeSH terms
Suicide Prevention, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Analysis of Variance, Family Practice, Health Services, Humans, Middle Aged, Quality of Life, Surveys and Questionnaires, Risk Factors, South Australia, Suicide, Multivariate Analysis, Odds Ratio, Sickness Impact Profile

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