Does disability predict attempted suicide in the elderly? A community-based study of elderly residents in Shanghai, China

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 81-87

  Zhang, Wei ^a   Ding, Hansheng ^b,c   Su, Peng ^a   Duan, Guangfeng ^a   Chen, Rong ^c   Long, Junrui ^a   Du, Lixia ^b,c   Xie, Chunyan ^b,c   Jin, Chunlin ^b,c,d   Hu, Chaoqun ^a   Sun, Zixue ^a   Gong, Lingling ^e   Tian, Wenhua ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shanghai Medical Insurance Information Center   (China)

^c Shanghai Health Development Research Center   (China)

^d Tellabs   (China)

^e Shanghai Changqiao Community Health Service Center   (China)

Author keywords

attempted suicide; Chinese; community based; disability; elderly

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; DISABLED PERSON; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHINA; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 84946489228     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2015.1031641     Document Type: Article

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