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KMID : 1023720210760020091
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Journal of Welfare for the Aged
2021 Volume.76 No. 2 p.91 ~ p.130
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A Systematic Review on Suicide of the Elderly People Living Alone
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Nam Hye-Jin
Jang Eun-Ha
Hong Seok-Ho
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study was to examine domestic research trends and to derive follow-up research and practical implications by using a systematic literature review on suicide of the elderly people living alone. Based on four web databases, KISS, e-article, KCI, and RISS, 792 articles published by February 24, 2021 were searched by combining key words, suicide, and the elderly living alone. A number of 55 articles were finally analyzed through abstract and full-text review focusing on related keywords after excluding overlapping papers and gray literature. As results, it was found that studies related to suicide of the elderly living alone are actively published in various academic journals. Regarding the study subjects, the proportion of female elderly living alone was higher than the male, and the elderly in seventies were studied the most. Second, the literature mainly deals with suicidal thoughts, suicidal attempts, and suicidal tendencies in suicide concepts. Third, the suicide-related variables of the elderly living alone were classified into demographic variables, health status and health behavior variables, psychological and emotional variables, and social and environmental variables. The frequency of depression in the psychological and emotional variables and social support in the social and environmental variables was high. Also, in most studies, the higher the depression or the lower social support of the elderly living alone, the higher the suicide risk was confirmed. Based on these results, implications for follow-up research and practical intervention were suggested.
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KEYWORD
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elder who lives alone, Suicide, Suicide type, A Systematic Review Study
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