Evaluation of the quality of life and risk of suicide

Alves, Verônica de Medeiros; Francisco, Leilane Camila Ferreira de Lima; Belo, Flaviane Maria Pereira; de-Melo-Neto, Valfrido L.; Barros, Vinicius Gomes; Nardi, Antônio Egídio

doi:10.6061/clinics/2016(03)03

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“…A growing body of literature shows weaker handgrip strength to be associated with a lower physical quality of life, which in turn, is likely to stimulate suicidal thoughts. Indeed, previous studies have shown an association between suicidal ideation and poor quality of life in the adult population . On the other hand, those having suicidal thoughts might be likely to develop weaker handgrip strength, suicidal ideation may result in a decline in systemic physical functioning.…”

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“…Indeed, previous studies have shown an association between suicidal ideation and poor quality of life in the adult population. 35,36 On the other hand, those having suicidal thoughts might be likely to develop weaker handgrip strength, suicidal ideation may result in a decline in systemic physical functioning. For example, one previous study found that higher muscular strength (highest 10th vs lowest 10th knee extension and handgrip) was associated with a 20%-30% lower risk of death from suicide in Swedish male adolescents.…”

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Handgrip strength is associated with suicidal thoughts in men: Cross‐sectional analyses from NHANES

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Liu

Yang

et al. 2019

Scandinavian Med Sci Sports

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Objective: To investigate the association between handgrip strength and suicidal thoughts in a representative sample of the US adult population using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). Population and Methods: Data from two waves of NHANES (2011-2014) were aggregated. Handgrip strength in kilogram (kg) was defined as the maximum value from the dominant hand. Suicidal thoughts were assessed using one question "Over the last 2 weeks, how often have you been bothered by the following problem: Thoughts that you would be better off dead or of hurting yourself in some way?" and dichotomized to no (not at all) and yes (several days/ more than half the days/ nearly every day).Sex-specific logistic regressions were carried out to analyze associations between handgrip strength and suicidal thoughts.

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Handgrip strength is associated with suicidal thoughts in men: Cross‐sectional analyses from NHANES

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Yang

et al. 2019

Scandinavian Med Sci Sports

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“…Similarly, anxiety [ 31 ], sleep disorder [ 32 ], and other symptoms were also identified to contribute to risk of suicide. Quality of life was also significantly decreased in PD patients [ 33 ], which may bring mental problems including stigma, aloneness, and hopelessness [ 15 ], and all these could lead to an increased risk of suicide and/or suicidal ideation. It is important for clinical practitioners and caregivers to pay more attention to the mental status and risk of suicide in PD patients.…”

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Parkinson’s Disease-Related Risk of Suicide and Effect of Deep Brain Stimulation: Meta-Analysis

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Wang

et al. 2020

Parkinson's Disease

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Background. Previous studies investigated the risk of suicide in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) but reported discrepant results. Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is an effective therapy for PD, while its effect on suicide risk has seldom been researched. This meta-analysis aimed to estimate the risk of suicide and/or suicidal ideation in PD patients and in PD patients who underwent DBS. Methods. Relevant articles published in the PubMed or EMBASE or CNKI database from 1990 to December 2019 were sourced, and the combined standardized mortality rate (SMR) or odds ratio (OR) was pooled. Result. A total of 1070 articles were found. After screening, 4 cross-sectional studies, 4 cohort studies, 2 randomized controlled trial studies, and 2 case-control studies were included in this meta-analysis. Pooled data indicated that PD patients may have increased risk of suicide (lnSMR, 0.459; 95% confidence interval (CI), 0.286 to 0.632; p<0.001). No significant difference was found in the risk of suicide when comparing PD patients who underwent DBS with PD patients who received only drug therapy (OR = 2.844, 95%CI: 0.619 to 13.072, p=0.179). DBS may increase the risk of suicide and/or suicidal ideation in PD patients compared with general population (lnSMR = 3.383, 95%CI: 2.839 to 3.927, p<0.001). Conclusion. PD patients have higher risk of suicide and/or suicidal ideation compared with controls, while PD patients who received DBS tend to have an increased risk of suicide or suicidal ideation. Psychological evaluation is needed in PD patients, and pre- and post-operation evaluations are necessary for PD patients who underwent DBS.

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“…Investigating a clinical population, Alves Vde et al ( 19 ) found that patients who had a mental disorder and risk of suicide attempts had lower QoL than patients without the risk of suicide attempt. Further clinical studies found that patients diagnosed with depressive disorder ( 20 ), bipolar disorder ( 21 ), or epilepsy ( 22 ) and current suicidal ideation had worse QoL than patients with the same diagnoses and without suicidal ideation.…”

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Suicidal Risk, Psychopathology, and Quality of Life in a Clinical Population of Adolescents

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BackgroundAccording to literature data, psychopathology is associated with both quality of life (QoL) and suicidal risk in adolescents, but the literature does not fully support a direct association between psychopathology and suicidal thoughts and behaviors. The aim of this study was to investigate the possible mediational role of QoL in the relationship between psychopathology and level of suicidal risk in a clinical sample of adolescents.MethodThe authors examined a clinical population of 134 adolescents, aged 13–18 years. Suicidal risk—having any current suicidal ideations and/or previous suicide attempt—was assessed by the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview. QoL was evaluated by the adolescent self-rated versions of “Das Intervertar zur Erfassung der Lebensqualität Kindern und Jugendlichen” (ILK: Measure of Quality of Life for Children and Adolescents) and psychopathology was measured by adolescent self-rated versions of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ). A mediational model, in which QoL mediated the relationship between psychopathology and suicidal risk controlling for gender and age, was tested by means of regression analyses.ResultsGender and age were both associated with suicidal risk. Self-reported QoL significantly mediated the relationships between emotional problems (=1.846; 95% BCa CI: 0.731–2.577), as well as peer problems (=0.883; 95% BCa CI: 0.055–1.561) and suicidal risk: more emotional and peer problems were associated with lower QoL, which in turn was related to higher level of suicidal risk.ConclusionBased on this study, which aims to make further steps in suicidal prevention, our findings suggest that clinicians should routinely screen the QoL of their patients, especially in adolescents with emotional and peer problems. Furthermore, it is important to focus intervention and treatment efforts on improving the QoL of adolescents with emotional and peer problems.

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Evaluation of the quality of life and risk of suicide

Cited by 28 publications

References 21 publications

Handgrip strength is associated with suicidal thoughts in men: Cross‐sectional analyses from NHANES

Handgrip strength is associated with suicidal thoughts in men: Cross‐sectional analyses from NHANES

Parkinson’s Disease-Related Risk of Suicide and Effect of Deep Brain Stimulation: Meta-Analysis

Suicidal Risk, Psychopathology, and Quality of Life in a Clinical Population of Adolescents

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