Risk factors associated with suicidal ideation in newly admitted working-age nursing home residents
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UMass Chan Affiliations
Department of Population and Quantitative Health SciencesDepartment of Psychiatry
Clinical and Population Health Research PhD Program, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
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Journal ArticlePublication Date
2021-12-01Keywords
Nursing homesSuicidal ideation
Suicide
UMCCTS funding
Mental and Social Health
Psychiatry
Psychiatry and Psychology
Translational Medical Research
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INTRODUCTION: Suicide is a leading cause of mortality in the United States and recent initiatives have sought to increase monitoring of suicide risk within healthcare systems. Working-age adults (22-64 years) admitted to nursing homes may be at risk for suicidal ideation, yet little is known about this population. METHODS: The national nursing home database, Minimum Dataset 3.0, was used to identify 323,436 working-age adults newly admitted to a nursing home in 2015. This cross-sectional study sought to describe sociodemographic and clinical characteristics, examine behavioral health treatment received, and determine resident characteristics associated with suicidal ideation at nursing home admission using logistic regression and reports adjusted odds ratios (aOR). RESULTS: Suicidal ideation was present among 1.27% of newly admitted working-age residents. Almost 25% of those with suicidal ideation had no psychiatric diagnosis. Factors associated with increased odds of suicidal ideation included younger age (aOR 1.90), admission from the community (aOR 1.92) or a psychiatric hospital (aOR 2.38), cognitive impairments (aOR 1.46), pain (aOR 1.40), rejection of care (aOR 1.91), and psychiatric comorbidity (aOR depression: 1.91, anxiety disorder: 1.11, bipolar disorder: 1.62, schizophrenia: 1.32, post-traumatic stress disorder: 1.17). LIMITATIONS: Due to the cross-sectional nature of this study, no causal inferences about suicidal ideation and the explored covariates can be made. The Minimum Dataset 3.0 has only one measure of suicidal ideation the Patient Health Questionnaire. CONCLUSION: Factors other than psychiatric diagnosis may be important in identifying newly admitted working-age nursing home residents who require on-going suicide screening and specialized psychiatric care.Source
Hugunin J, Yuan Y, Rothschild AJ, Lapane KL, Ulbricht CM. Risk factors associated with suicidal ideation in newly admitted working-age nursing home residents. J Affect Disord. 2021 Dec 1;295:243-249. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2021.08.042. Epub 2021 Aug 27. PMID: 34482055; PMCID: PMC8551025. Link to article on publisher's site
DOI
10.1016/j.jad.2021.08.042Permanent Link to this Item
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/50437PubMed ID
34482055Related Resources
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10.1016/j.jad.2021.08.042