The Impact of the COVID‐19 Pandemic on Suicidal Ideation and Depression in Community‐Dwelling Elderly

ABSTRACT Introduction This study examined the effects of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic on depression and suicidal ideation in community‐dwelling elderly in Korea. Methods Data were employed from a survey on elderly mental health in Jeollanam‐do (southwest province in Korea), condu...

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Published in:	International journal of geriatric psychiatry Vol. 39; no. 10; pp. e6150 - n/a
Main Authors:	Kim, Kyungmin, Yoon, Bo‐Hyun, Sea, Young‐Hwa, Park, Suhee, Jung, Haran, Jung, Yuran, Song, Je‐Heon, Yun, Hyunju, Kang, Hangoeunbi
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01-10-2024
Subjects:	Aged Aged, 80 and over community‐dwelling elderly Coronaviruses COVID-19 COVID-19 - epidemiology COVID-19 - psychology depression Depression - epidemiology Depression - psychology Female Gender Humans Independent Living - psychology Korea Male Mental depression Mental health Middle Aged Pandemics Regression analysis Republic of Korea - epidemiology Resilience, Psychological Risk Factors SARS-CoV-2 Social interactions Social Support Suicidal behavior Suicidal Ideation Republic of Korea suicidal ideation depression COVID‐19 Korea community‐dwelling elderly
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Summary:	ABSTRACT Introduction This study examined the effects of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic on depression and suicidal ideation in community‐dwelling elderly in Korea. Methods Data were employed from a survey on elderly mental health in Jeollanam‐do (southwest province in Korea), conducted by the Jeollanam‐do Provincial Mental Health and Welfare Center. A total of 2423 people were recruited from all 22 cities in Jeollanam‐do from April to October, 2021. We used self‐reported questionnaires including sociodemographic factors, COVID‐19‐related stress, the Geriatric Depression Scale‐Short Form Korean Version, the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, the Satisfaction With Life Scale and the Brief Resilience Scale. Logistic regression was performed to examine the factors of depression and suicidal ideation. Results Of the 2423 subjects, 622 (25.7%) reported depressive symptoms and 518 (21.4%) reported suicidal ideation. The multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that living alone, poor perceived health status, worry of COVID‐19 infection, and restriction of daily activities due to COVID‐19 pandemic are significantly associated with depression. Female gender, poor perceived health status, inability to perform household chores, and depressive symptom are risk factors of suicidal ideation. Conclusion These findings show that old age, negative perception of health, and restriction of daily activities due to COVID‐19 are risk factors of depression in community‐dwelling elderly in the context of the COVID‐19 pandemic. Female gender, poor self‐perceived health status, and depression increase the risk of suicidal ideation among the elderly. Social support and life satisfaction are protecting factors of both depression and suicidal ideation. Resilience decreased risk of depression but not in suicidal ideation.
Bibliography:	Funding This study was partly supported by the funds of Korean College of Neuropsychopharmacology. ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23
ISSN:	0885-6230 1099-1166 1099-1166
DOI:	10.1002/gps.6150