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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Baseline factors predictive of serious suicidality at follow-up: findings focussing on age and gender from a community-based study |
Author: | Fairweather-Schmidt, A. Anstey, K. Salim, A. Rodgers, B. |
Citation: | BMC Psychiatry, 2010; 10(41):1-10 |
Publisher: | BioMed Central |
Issue Date: | 2010 |
ISSN: | 1471-244X 1471-244X |
Statement of Responsibility: | A Kate Fairweather-Schmidt, Kaarin J Anstey, Agus Salim and Bryan Rodgers |
Abstract: | Background: Although often providing more reliable and informative findings relative to other study designs, longitudinal investigations of prevalence and predictors of suicidal behaviour remain uncommon. This paper compares 12-month prevalence rates for suicidal ideation and suicide attempt at baseline and follow-up; identifies new cases and remissions; and assesses the capacity of baseline data to predict serious suicidality at follow-up, focusing on age and gender differences. Methods: 6,666 participants aged 20-29, 40-49 and 60-69 years were drawn from the first (1999-2001) and second (2003-2006) waves of a general population survey. Analyses involved multivariate logistic regression. Results: At follow-up, prevalence of suicidal ideation and suicide attempt had decreased (8.2%-6.1%, and 0.8%-0.5%, respectively). However, over one quarter of those reporting serious suicidality at baseline still experienced it four years later. Females aged 20-29 never married or diagnosed with a physical illness at follow-up were at greater risk of serious suicidality (OR = 4.17, 95% CI = 3.11-5.23; OR = 3.18, 95% CI = 2.09-4.26, respectively). Males aged 40-49 not in the labour force had increased odds of serious suicidality (OR = 4.08, 95% CI = 1.6-6.48) compared to their equivalently-aged and employed counterparts. Depressed/anxious females aged 60-69 were nearly 30% more likely to be seriously suicidal. Conclusions: There are age and gender differentials in the risk factors for suicidality. Life-circumstances contribute substantially to the onset of serious suicidality, in addition to symptoms of depression and anxiety. These findings are particularly pertinent to the development of effective population-based suicide prevention strategies. |
Keywords: | Humans Azepines Piperidines Data Collection Prevalence Cause of Death Risk Factors Longitudinal Studies Follow-Up Studies Suicide Suicide, Attempted Mental Disorders Depressive Disorder Age Factors Sex Factors Age Distribution Health Status Adult Aged Middle Aged Female Male |
Description: | The electronic version of this article is the complete one and can be found online at: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-244X/10/41 |
Rights: | © 2010 Fairweather-Schmidt et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
DOI: | 10.1186/1471-244X-10-41 |
Grant ID: | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/179805 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/179839 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/366756 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-244x-10-41 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 5 Medicine publications |
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