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dc.contributor.author | 이덕희 | * |
dc.contributor.author | 이재희 | * |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-02-25T16:31:33Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2021-02-25T16:31:33Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2020 | * |
dc.identifier.issn | 1381-1118 | * |
dc.identifier.other | OAK-28990 | * |
dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.ewha.ac.kr/handle/2015.oak/257083 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Backgrounds: South Korea, a nation with rapidly aging population, has the highest suicide rates in the world, and the elderly have a suicide rate three times higher than the national average. We classified the drugs ingested for suicide attempts by age groups and compare the clinical outcomes between non-elderly and elderly patients who attempted suicide by ingesting drugs. Materials and methods: Data were obtained from the nationwide Emergency Department-Based Injury Surveillance of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, South Korea between January 2011 and December 2016. Results: There were 12,104 patients who attempted suicide by ingesting drugs, of whom the elderly (73.5%) ingested more sedatives and hypnotics than the non-elderly (53.9%); of these drugs, zolpidem ingestion was higher in the elderly than the non-elderly. Conversely, the non-elderly ingested more antipsychotics and antidepressants (15.9%) and analgesics (10.8%) than the elderly (7.4% and 2.8%, respectively). The elderly had longer hospital stay, higher intensive care unit (ICU) admission rate, and higher mortality rate than the non-elderly: more elderly patients (30.2%) were admitted to the ICU than the non-elderly (15.7%); the duration of hospital stays was 6.27 ± 11.35 days in the elderly and 8.94 ± 14.85 days in the non-elderly; and the mortality rate was 0.4% in the non-elderly and 3.0% in the elderly. Conclusion: Findings suggest that zolpidem has become the greatest risk factor for the elderly Koreans in suicide attempts. Further prevention efforts are needed to prevent suicide among the elderly. © 2020 International Academy for Suicide Research. | * |
dc.language | English | * |
dc.publisher | Routledge | * |
dc.subject | Elderly | * |
dc.subject | emergency department | * |
dc.subject | hypnotics | * |
dc.subject | sedatives | * |
dc.subject | suicide | * |
dc.subject | zolpidem | * |
dc.title | Zolpidem as a high risk factor for elderly suicide in South Korea | * |
dc.type | Article | * |
dc.relation.index | SSCI | * |
dc.relation.index | SCOPUS | * |
dc.relation.journaltitle | Archives of Suicide Research | * |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/13811118.2020.1838369 | * |
dc.identifier.scopusid | 2-s2.0-85094904325 | * |
dc.author.google | Kim E. | * |
dc.author.google | Lee J.H. | * |
dc.author.google | Lee D.H. | * |
dc.contributor.scopusid | 이덕희(55698960700) | * |
dc.date.modifydate | 20240304124402 | * |