Grabbe L, Demi A, Camann M A, Potter L
School of Nursing, Georgia State University, Atlanta 30302-4019, USA.
Am J Public Health. 1997 Mar;87(3):434-7. doi: 10.2105/ajph.87.3.434.
This study identified health status variables related to suicide by elderly persons and compared the health status of suicide decedents with natural death and injury decedents.
Data were obtained from the 1986 National Mortality Followback Survey.
When other variables were controlled for, suicide decedents were significantly more likely than injury decedents to have a history of cancer (odds ratio [OR] = 51.94), moderate (OR = 29.37) or heavy (OR = 22.87) alcohol use, and mental or emotional disorder (OR = 10.91) and to be White (OR = 18.54) and male (OR = 9.12).
The findings indicate that a history of cancer should be considered as a risk for suicide in the elderly.
本研究确定了与老年人自杀相关的健康状况变量,并比较了自杀死亡者与自然死亡和意外伤害死亡者的健康状况。
数据来自1986年全国死亡率随访调查。
在控制了其他变量后,自杀死亡者比意外伤害死亡者更有可能有癌症病史(优势比[OR]=51.94)、中度(OR=29.37)或重度(OR=22.87)饮酒、精神或情绪障碍(OR=10.91),并且更有可能是白人(OR=18.54)和男性(OR=9.12)。
研究结果表明,癌症病史应被视为老年人自杀的一个风险因素。