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KMID : 1040220100020010015
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Journal of the Korean Academy of Health and Welfare for Elderly
2010 Volume.2 No. 1 p.15 ~ p.33
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A Study on the Impact of the Quality of Life on Suicide Ideation in the Elderly
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Baik Woo-Jin
Suh Tae-Soo
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of the quality of life of the elderly on their suicide ideation. Given the sociocultural characteristics of Korean elderly people, it was not an easy task to conduct a survey to find out their suicide ideation, and the third(2005) national health and nutrition survey data on 34,152 senior citizens were utilized in this study. Out of the data, the answer sheets from 1,074 who answered to the question whether they had ever thought of death over the last year were analyzed. That question was selected as one of dependent variables in that survey. After the data were analyzed, the following findings were given: As for the relationship of demographic characteristics to the quality of life and suicide ideation, they were statistically significantly different in the quality of life according to age, one of the demographic characteristics. The quality of life got lower with age. In terms of suicide ideation, suicide was most considered by those who were female, who didn`t have a spouse, who paid a key money or no money for the house and who benefited from health care insurance. Concerning the relationship of activity restriction to the quality of life and suicide ideation, problems with eye sight, mastication and walking and ADL made statistically significantly differences to the quality of life. Those who faced more difficulties in daily living lead a lower quality of life. All the activity restriction factors made statistically significant differences to suicide ideation, which indicated that inconveniences in routine life had an impact on suicide ideation. As to connections between the quality of life and suicide ideation, the quality of life(motor skills, self-management, daily life, pain/inconveniences, anxiety/depression) made a statistically significant difference to suicide ideation. Those who fell behind in quality of life thought more of suicide. In relation to factors affecting suicide ideation, a logistic regression analysis was conducted by selecting suicide ideation and the elements affecting the quality of life as a dependent variable and independent variables respectively, and the elderly people who had waning motor skills, who felt pain/inconveniences and who suffered anxiety/depression thought more of suicide.
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KEYWORD
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Activity restriction, Quality of life, Suicide ideation
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