A Study about the Factors Affecting the Suicidal Thought in Korean Elders

Kyunghee Kim; Ji-su Kim; Bongsuk Lee; Eunkyung Lee; Youngmi Ahn; Mihye Choi

doi:10.12934/jkpmhn.2010.19.4.391

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Kim, Kim, Lee, Lee, Ahn, and Choi: A Study about the Factors Affecting the Suicidal Thought in Korean Elders

Original Article

Journal of Korean Academy of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 2010; 19(4): 391-399.

Published online: 31 December 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.12934/jkpmhn.2010.19.4.391

A Study about the Factors Affecting the Suicidal Thought in Korean Elders

Kyunghee Kim¹, Ji-su Kim², Bongsuk Lee³, Eunkyung Lee⁴, Youngmi Ahn⁵, Mihye Choi¹

¹Professor, Department of Nursing, Chung-Ang University, Korea.

²Full-time Lecture, Department of Nursing, Hallym College, Korea.

³Full-time Lecture, Department of Nursing, Daewon College, Korea.

⁴Registered Nurse, Chung-Ang University Yonsan Hospital, Korea.

⁵Full-time Researcher, Department of Nursing, Chung-Ang University, Korea.

Address reprint requests to: Kim, Ji-su, Department of Nursing, Hallym College, 790 Janghak-ri, Chuncheon-si, Gangwon-do 200-711, Korea. Tel: 82-33-240-9462, Fax: 82-33-240-9465, jskim@hsc.ac.kr

Received 3 August 2010 Revised 6 December 2010 Accepted 6 December 2010

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This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Abstract

Purpose

This study was done to identify the risk factors influencing suicidal ideation in Korean elders.

Methods

Data from the Korean national health & nutrition examination survey 2007 collected by the Korean Center for Disease Control were analyzed using χ² test and t-test.

Results

Differences in suicidal ideation according to individual factors were as follows: gender, education status, recognition of stress, experience of depression, and smoking. Differences in suicidal ideation according to health related factors were as follows: subjective health status, EQ-5D (EuroQoL-5 Dimensions), and restriction of activity. Differences in suicidal ideation according to family related factors were as follows: spouse, and status of dietary life.

Conclusion

The findings suggest that board intervention programs should be provided to prevent problems of suicidal ideation. It is also recommended that programs be developed that can help control the variables identified in this study along with follow up study to verify the model.

Keywords: Aged, Suicide, Thinking

Figures and Tables

Table 1

Socio-demographic Characteristics of Subjects (N=778)

Note. Omitted response not include.

^†(n=199, have suicidal ideation)

Table 2

An analysis of Differences in Suicidal Ideation according to Individual Factors (N=778)

Note. Omitted response not include.

Table 3

An Analysis of Differences in Suicidal Ideation according to Health related Factors (N=778)

Note. Omitted response not include.

^†Fisher's exact test.

Table 4

An Analysis of Differences in Suicidal Ideation according to Family related Factors (N=778)

Omitted response not include.

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