Key result
Men with a potential depressive disorder had an approximately 90% higher mortality from suicide (adjusted HR 1.92) compared to men without depression.
Why the study?
Do more severe depressive symptoms assessed using the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) increase the risk of death from suicide in older middle-aged men?
Cohort (n=113,478)
Do more severe depressive symptoms assessed using the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) increase the risk of death from suicide in older middle-aged men?
Hazard Ratio: 1.92 (95% CI 1.38–2.68)
p-value: p=<0.001
Depressive symptoms assessed using the GDS are a strong independent predictor of future suicide in older middle-aged men, though the relative risk is weaker than expected from retrospective studies.
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Supports GDS screening for suicide risk in older men; leaves open whether interventions reduce mortality.
Sang‐Wook Yi (2016) conducted a cohort in Depressive symptoms (n=113,478). Depressive symptoms vs. No depression was evaluated on Suicide deaths (HR 1.92, 95% CI 1.38 to 2.68, p=<0.001). Men with a potential depressive disorder had an approximately 90% higher mortality from suicide (adjusted HR 1.92) compared to men without depression.
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