ArticleBMC psychiatry2020
A cross-sectional study on associations of physical symptoms, health self-efficacy, and suicidal ideation among Chinese hospitalized cancer patients.
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- Risk factors associated with suicidal ideation among cancer patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Pooled it
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- Prevalence and associated risk factors of suicidal behaviors among cancer patients in a tertiary care hospital in Bangladesh.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Separate and cumulative effect of risk and protective factors associated with suicidal ideation among Chinese infertile couples: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Relationship between growth mindset and self-rated health in Chinese college teachers: sequential mediating effect of health self-efficacy and physical exercise.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
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- Impact of alexithymia on suicidal ideation among patients with ovarian cancer: a moderated mediation model of self-perceived burden and general self-efficacy.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2023Article
- Symptom distress and suicidal ideation among Chinese ovarian cancer patients: A moderated mediation model of depression and suicide resilience.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Incidence and risk factors for suicidal ideation in a sample of Chinese patients with mixed cancer types.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2022Article
- Predictive Modeling for Suicide-Related Outcomes and Risk Factors among Patients with Pain Conditions: A Systematic Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Review
- Risk factor analysis and nomogram construction for predicting suicidal ideation in patients with cancer.BMC psychiatry · 2022Article
- Influence of Social Workers' Empathy Ability on Suicidal Ideation of Cancer Patients.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundEpidemiological studies have shown increased risk of suicide in cancer patients compared with the general population. The present study aimed to examine the association between physical symptoms and suicidal ideation in Chinese hospitalized cancer patients and test the modifying effect of health self-efficacy on the association.
methodsA cross-sectional study was conducted with 544 hospitalized cancer patients in two general hospitals in northeast China via face-to-face interviews. Suicidal ideation was measured by using the first four items on the Yale Evaluation of Suicidality scale and then dichotomized into a positive and negative score. Multivariate logistic regression analyses were conducted to examine the impacts of physical symptoms, health self-efficacy, and their interactions on suicidal ideation.
resultsThe suicidal ideation rate was 26.3% in the enrolled cancer patients. Logistic regression showed that insomnia (aOR = 1.84, 95% CI 1.13 to 3.00, p = 0.015) and lack of appetite (aOR = 2.14, 95% CI 1.26 to 3.64, p = 0.005) were significantly associated with suicidal ideation. Low health self-efficacy had a marginally significant exaggerating effect on the association between pain and suicidal ideation (aOR = 2.77, 95% CI 0.99 to 7.74, p = 0.053), after adjusting for significant socio-demographics, clinical characteristics, and depression.
conclusionsThese findings demonstrate significant associations between physical symptoms (insomnia and/or lack of appetite) and suicidal ideation and highlight the potential modifying role of health self-efficacy in the identification and prevention of suicide among cancer patients.
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