Evidence map›Paper›PMID 38165610›Full record

ArticleEuropean geriatric medicine2024

Association between cognitive functioning and lifetime suicidal ideation among Chinese older adults: the mediating effect of depression.

Afei Qin, Lingzhong Xu, Fangfang Hu, Wenzhe Qin, Xiaohong Zhang, Zhongfei Pei, Yan Zhao, Jing Fu

Abstract read
PubMed Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in European geriatric medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 24% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Afei QinCentre for Health Management and Policy Research, School of Public Health, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, Shandong, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7249-5554
Lingzhong XuCentre for Health Management and Policy Research, School of Public Health, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, Shandong, China.
Fangfang HuCentre for Health Management and Policy Research, School of Public Health, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, Shandong, China.
Wenzhe QinCentre for Health Management and Policy Research, School of Public Health, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, Shandong, China.
Xiaohong ZhangCentre for Health Management and Policy Research, School of Public Health, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, Shandong, China.
Zhongfei PeiCentre for Health Management and Policy Research, School of Public Health, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, Shandong, China.
Yan ZhaoCentre for Health Management and Policy Research, School of Public Health, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, Shandong, China.
Jing FuNursing Department of Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, 107 Wenhuaxi Road, Jinan, 250012, Shandong, China. qlyyfj1998@126.com.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0009-8250-6913
Shandong University · CNQilu Hospital of Shandong University · CN

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 71974118
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeExisting evidence indicates an association between cognitive functioning and both geriatric depression and suicidality, with mixed evidence regarding the direction of the relationship between cognitive functioning and aspects of geriatric lifetime suicidal ideation. This study aims to examine the relationship between cognitive functioning, depression, and suicide ideation and to explore the intermediary role of depression between cognitive functioning and suicidal ideation in the older adults.

methodsA multi-stage random cluster sampling method was used to collect a sample of 3896 individuals aged 60 and above. Descriptive statistics of the sample data were analyzed using one-way ANOVA, and then the correlation between variables was obtained by binary logistic regression analysis. SPSS macro program PROCESS V3.5 was used to test the mediating role of depression in the relationship between cognitive function and lifetime suicidal ideation.

resultsThe prevalence of lifetime suicidal ideation among older adults was 3.9%. Lifetime suicidal ideation was associated with depression (OR = 1.308, P < 0.001) but was not significantly correlated with cognitive function (OR = 0.972, P > 0.05). The relationship between cognitive function and depression was also supported in this study (β = - 0.0841, P < 0.001). Depression completely mediated the relationship between cognitive function and lifetime suicidal ideation.

conclusionThere was no significant correlation between cognitive impairment in older adults and a heightened risk of lifetime suicidal ideation. However, this relationship was completely mediated by depression. It is crucial to prevent the onset of depression among older adults with cognitive impairment, as depression is strongly linked to lifetime suicidal ideation.

Indexed as

DepressionSuicidal IdeationAgedChinaCognitionHumansRisk FactorsCognitive functioningDepressionLifetime suicidal ideationOlder adults

Identifiers

PMID38165610
OpenAlexW4390510463

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.