ArticleBMJ open2021
Association between sensory impairment and suicidal ideation and attempt: a cross-sectional analysis of nationally representative English household data.
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- Suicidality in Individuals With Hearing Loss: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery · 2026Pooled it
- Visual Impairment and Suicide Risk: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.JAMA network open · 2024Pooled it
- Editorial: Mental health and suicide prevention in sensory impairment populations.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2026Article
- Household solid fuel use heightens the risk of dual sensory impairment in middle-aged and older Chinese adults.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2025Article
- Suicide Risk in People with Hearing Impairment in the Post-COVID-19 Period: The CaViDAuCo Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Self-Harm Among 17-Year-Old Adolescents With/Without Disabilities in the United Kingdom.Crisis · 2024Article
- Association of Visual Impairment with Suicidal Ideation and Suicide Attempts: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Indian journal of psychological medicine · 2023Review
- Prevalence and Factors Associated with Suicidal Ideation Among Older People with Visual Impairments Attending an Eye Center During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Hospital-Based Cross-Sectional Study.Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2023Article
- Prevalence and impact of combined vision and hearing (dual sensory) impairment: A scoping review.PLOS global public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectivesSensory impairments are associated with worse mental health and poorer quality of life, but few studies have investigated whether sensory impairment is associated with suicidal behaviour in a population sample. We investigated whether visual and hearing impairments were associated with suicidal ideation and attempt.
designNational cross-sectional study.
settingHouseholds in England.
participantsWe analysed data for 7546 household residents in England, aged 16 and over from the 2014 Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey. EXPOSURES: Sensory impairment (either visual or hearing), Dual sensory impairment (visual and hearing), visual impairment, hearing impairment. PRIMARY OUTCOME: Suicidal ideation and suicide attempt in the past year.
resultsPeople with visual or hearing sensory impairments had twice the odds of past-year suicidal ideation (OR 2.06; 95% CI 1.17 to 2.73; p<0.001), and over three times the odds of reporting past-year suicide attempt (OR 3.12; 95% CI 1.57 to 6.20; p=0.001) compared with people without these impairments. Similar results were found for hearing and visual impairments separately and co-occurring.
conclusionsWe found evidence that individuals with sensory impairments are more likely to have thought about or attempted suicide in the past year than individuals without.
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