ArticleJournal of musculoskeletal & neuronal interactions2018
Relative handgrip strength in relation to depressive mood and suicidal ideation in Koreans using the 2015 KNHANES data.
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- Association Between Handgrip Strength and Suicidal Ideation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Brain and behavior · 2025Pooled it
- The handgrip strength and risk of depressive symptoms: a meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2021Pooled it
- The Effect of Muscular Strength on Depression Symptoms in Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Pooled it
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- Contribution of Chronic Disease in Predicting Depression and Suicidal Ideation Among the Older Adult Population.Psychiatry investigation · 2025Article
- Association between relative grip strength and depression among U.S. middle-aged and older adults: results from the NHANES database.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Magnitude and determinants of suicide among overweight reproductive-age women, Chacha and Debre Berhan Town, Ethiopia: community based cross-sectional study.International journal of mental health systems · 2022Article
- Weak Hand Grip Strength Is Associated with Alexithymia in Outpatients in a Mexican Population.Brain sciences · 2022Article
- Handgrip Strength and Depression Among Older Chinese Inpatients: A Cross-Sectional Study.Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2021Article
- Association between suicide risk severity and sarcopenia in non-elderly Chinese inpatients with major depressive disorder.BMC psychiatry · 2020Article
- Trends in measures of handgrip strength from 2014 to 2017 among Korean adolescents using the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Data.BMC research notes · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectivesThis study aimed to examine the association of relative handgrip strength (RHGS) with depressive mood and suicidal ideation.
methodsA cross-sectional study was conducted among 2167 men and 2643 women (aged 50.9 years ± 16.7 years) who participated in the 2015 Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. RHGS was defined by the handgrip strength/body mass index (BMI) ratio. Depressive mood and suicidal ideation were assessed using self-reported questionnaires. Logistic regression analysis was conducted after adjusting for sex, concurrent illness, age, education, income, smoking status, alcohol use, physical activity, and depressive mood (in the analysis for suicidal ideation).
resultsAmong participants, 4.0% men and 5.7% women reported serious suicidal ideation while 9.5% men and 16.0% women reported serious depressive mood. After adjusting for confounding factors, RHGS was associated with depressive mood (odds ratio [95% confidence interval] per RHGS [kg/BMI], 0.82 [0.69-0.99]) and suicidal ideation (0.73 [0.54-0.99]). In sex-specific relationship, RHGS was associated with depressive mood and suicidal ideation in women (0.71 [0.55-0.93] and 0.54 [0.34-0.85], respectively) but not in men.
conclusionsPoorer RHGS indicates higher risk of depressive mood as well as suicidal ideation regardless of depressive mood among women.
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