Clinical validation of the nursing diagnosis risk for suicide in the older adults.

Autor: de Sousa GS; Department of Applied Nursing, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. Electronic address: girliani.silva@unifesp.br., Perrelli JGA; Academic Center of Vitória, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil., de Oliveira Mangueira S; Academic Center of Victória, Federal University of Pernambuco, Vitória de Santo Antão, Pernambuco, Brazil., de Oliveira Lopes MV; Nursing Department, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil., Sougey EB; Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Graduate Program, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Archives of psychiatric nursing [Arch Psychiatr Nurs] 2020 Apr; Vol. 34 (2), pp. 21-28. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Jan 22.
DOI: 10.1016/j.apnu.2020.01.003
Abstrakt: Objective: To clinically validate risk factors for the nursing diagnosis risk for suicide in older adults.
Methods: Case-control study (105 older adults). The strength of the association between variables was assessed using odds ratio (OR). Risk factors were grouped into hierarchical blocks according to the Integrated Motivational-Volitional Model of Suicidal Behaviour.
Results: Anxiety; guilt; divorce; hostility; inability to express feelings; loss of important relationship; financial problems; apathy; low self-esteem; hopelessness; dependence and functional incapacity; unhappiness; failure; frustration; marked change in attitude and behavior; sadness; self-neglect; stockpiling medication; depression; ideation and suicidal plans; and mental disorders were associated with risk for suicide.
Conclusions: It is expected that this study will contribute to clinical nursing practice by the identification of this diagnosis in a safer and more precise manner. Descriptors: clinical judgment, nursing diagnosis, psychiatric nursing, suicide, older adult.
Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest Authors must declare did not have financial support or relationships that may pose conflict of interest. This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.
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