Association between sensory impairment and suicidal ideation and attempt: a cross-sectional analysis of nationally representative English household data
| Autor: | Maitri Khurana, Claudia Cooper, Alexandra Pitman, Natalie Shoham |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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suicide & self-harm Adolescent Cross-sectional study Visual impairment Sensory system Suicide Attempted Odds Suicidal Ideation 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Quality of life Risk Factors Medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Suicidal ideation Suicide attempt business.industry General Medicine Mental health Cross-Sectional Studies Mental Health England Quality of Life adult psychiatry medicine.symptom business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | BMJ Open BMJ Open, Vol 11, Iss 2 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 2044-6055 |
| Popis: | ObjectivesSensory impairments are associated with worse mental health and poorer quality of life, but few studies have investigated whether sensory impairment is associated with suicidal behaviour in a population sample. We investigated whether visual and hearing impairments were associated with suicidal ideation and attempt.DesignNational cross-sectional study.SettingHouseholds in England.ParticipantsWe analysed data for 7546 household residents in England, aged 16 and over from the 2014 Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey.ExposuresSensory impairment (either visual or hearing), Dual sensory impairment (visual and hearing), visual impairment, hearing impairment.Primary outcomeSuicidal ideation and suicide attempt in the past year.ResultsPeople with visual or hearing sensory impairments had twice the odds of past-year suicidal ideation (OR 2.06; 95% CI 1.17 to 2.73; pConclusionsWe found evidence that individuals with sensory impairments are more likely to have thought about or attempted suicide in the past year than individuals without. |
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