ArticleAging & mental health2021
The relationship of frailty and disability with suicidal ideation in late life depression.
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- Predictors and risk factors for suicide in late-life depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
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- Latent Profile Analysis of Depression and Its Influencing Factors Among Frail Older Adults in China.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Suicide in later life: the role of frailty and depression.Current opinion in psychiatry · 2025Review
- Association between sarcopenia and suicidal ideation in a nationwide population-based study.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Latent profiles of mental health in older adults living in nursing homes: the challenge of suicide prevention.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Associations of medical outcomes with substances involved in suicide attempt cases age 50 and older reported to U.S. Poison Centers, 2016-2023.Frontiers in public health · 2025Observational
- Dynapenia is associated with a higher risk of depressive symptoms among older adults.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Health Profile Transitions and the Association With Cognitive Impairment in Older Nursing Home Residents With Suicidal Ideation.International journal of geriatric psychiatry · 2024Article
- To Be Frail or Not to Be Frail: This Is the Question-A Critical Narrative Review of Frailty.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Frailty and suicidal ideation among older adults living alone in the community: a moderated mediation model of perceived burdensomeness and positive emotions.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Association of depression and sleep quality with frailty: a cross-sectional study in China.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
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- Association of Frailty With Risk of Suicide Attempt in a National Cohort of US Veterans Aged 65 Years or Older.JAMA psychiatry · 2023Article
- Physical Health Problems as a Suicide Precipitant: Associations With Other Risk Factors and Suicide Methods in Three Age Groups of Older Decedents.Innovation in aging · 2023Article
- Health profiles of older nursing home residents by suicidal ideation: A latent class analysis.International journal of geriatric psychiatry · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectivesFrailty and disability are commonly found in Late Life Depression (LLD) and have been associated with increased depression severity, health comorbidities and mortality. Additionally, physical frailty has been associated with suicide in later life, independent of presence of a mood disorder. The objective of our study was to assess the associations of physical frailty and functional disability with suicidal ideation, controlling for depression severity and demographic factors, in an older depressed sample.
methodsThis study used data from community-dwelling older adults with major depression. Eligible participants were ≥ 65 years old, completed measures of depression symptom severity (Hamilton Depression Rating Scale-24 item; HDRS-24), current suicidal ideation (Geriatric Suicide Ideation Scale; GSIS), and physical frailty/functional capacity measures.
resultsParticipants were 88 older adults with a mean age of 71.5 (
conclusionOur findings show that, in LLD, frailty and functional disability are significantly associated with higher levels of suicide ideation, independent of depression symptom severity.
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