Trial reportThe American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry2010
The wish to die and 5-year mortality in elderly primary care patients.
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- Psychosocial interventions for late-life major depression: evidence-based treatments, predictors of treatment outcomes, and moderators of treatment effects.The Psychiatric clinics of North America · 2011Pooled it
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- Reducing suicidal ideation in home health care: results from the CAREPATH depression care management trial.International journal of geriatric psychiatry · 2016Trial
- Adapting interpersonal psychotherapy for older adults at risk for suicide.The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry · 2015Trial
- Childhood Adversity and Passive Suicidal Ideation in Later Life in the United States: Does Religious Attendance Matter?Journal of religion and health · 2023Article
- Profiles, Transitions, and Resilience Factors of Suicide Risk in Early Chinese Adolescents.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2023Article
- Suicidal ideation and its related factors among older adults: a population-based study in Southwestern Iran.BMC geriatrics · 2022Article
- Prevalence of Major Depressive Disorder and Correlates of Thoughts of Death, Suicidal Behaviour, and Death by Suicide in the Geriatric Population-A General Review of Literature.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Life weariness, suicidal thoughts and mortality: a sixteen-year longitudinal study among men and women older than 60 years.BMC public health · 2021Article
- The symptom network structure of depressive symptoms in late-life: Results from a European population study.Molecular psychiatry · 2020Article
- Prevalence and characteristics of suicidal ideation among 2199 elderly inpatients with surgical or medical conditions in Taiwan.BMC psychiatry · 2018Article
- Integrated Care for Depression in Older Primary Care Patients.Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie · 2018Review
- The DEsire to DIe in Palliative care: Optimization of Management (DEDIPOM) - a study protocol.BMC palliative care · 2018Article
- Psychometric Characteristics of the Wish to Be Dead Scale (WDS) in Iranian Psychiatric Outpatients.Current psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.) · 2018Article
- Passive Suicide Ideation Among Older Adults in Europe: A Multilevel Regression Analysis of Individual and Societal Determinants in 12 Countries (SHARE).The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2016Article
- Issues in research on aging and suicide.Aging & mental health · 2016Article
- Suicide in older adults: the role of emotions and cognition.Current psychiatry reports · 2014Review
- Suicide risk in primary care: identification and management in older adults.Current psychiatry reports · 2014Review
- Characteristics and comorbid symptoms of older adults reporting death ideation.The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry · 2013Article
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Abstract
objectivesThe authors examined the impact of the wish to die on mortality over a 5-year period, stratified by baseline depressive status (i.e., major, minor, and no depression diagnosis). The authors also examined whether a depression care management intervention would minimize these relationships.
designLongitudinal analyses of the practice-randomized Prevention of Suicide in Primary Care Elderly: Collaborative Trial (PROSPECT).
settingTwenty primary care practices from New York City, Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh.
participantsOne thousand two hundred two participants were identified through two-stage, age-stratified (60-74 years; 75 years and older) depression screening of randomly sampled participants.
interventionPractices randomized to Care Management Intervention or Usual Care conditions. MEASUREMENTS: Vital status at 5 years using the National Death Index.
resultsRates of the wish to die were 29% (major depression), 11% (minor depression), and 7% (no depression). In Usual Care, the wish to die was associated with an increased risk of 5-year mortality across depressive status (adjusted hazard ratios ranging from 1.62 to 1.71). In intervention practices, this association was greater among the no depression (adjusted hazard ratio 1.64) compared with major depression group (adjusted hazard ratio 0.68).
conclusionsThe wish to die was associated with mortality in the usual care of elderly primary care patients, suggesting that the wish to die has clinical significance and may be worth assessing even in patients without other evidence of depression. This association was not observed among depressed patients located in primary care practices that implemented the PROSPECT intervention, suggesting potential long-term benefits of treatment and management of depression.
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