Volume 16, Issue 3 pp. 172-176

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Suicidal ideation in Chinese patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a controlled study

Tak-Shun Wong,

Tak-Shun Wong

Department of Psychiatry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

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Yu-Tao Xiang,

Yu-Tao Xiang

Department of Psychiatry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Unit of Psychiatry, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau, Macao SAR, China

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Joshua Tsoh,

Joshua Tsoh

Department of Psychiatry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

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Gabor S. Ungvari,

Gabor S. Ungvari

School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

The University of Notre Dame Australia/Marian Centre, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

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Fanny W.S. Ko,

Fanny W.S. Ko

Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

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David S.C. Hui,

David S.C. Hui

Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

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Helen F.K. Chiu,

Corresponding Author

Helen F.K. Chiu

Department of Psychiatry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Correspondence: Professor Helen F.K. Chiu FRCPsych, Department of Psychiatry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Ground Floor, Multicentre Building, Tai Po Hospital, Tai Po, N.T., Hong Kong SAR, China. Email: [email protected]Search for more papers by this author

Tak-Shun Wong,

Tak-Shun Wong

Department of Psychiatry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

The authors contributed equally to this work.Search for more papers by this author

Yu-Tao Xiang,

Yu-Tao Xiang

Department of Psychiatry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Unit of Psychiatry, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau, Macao SAR, China

The authors contributed equally to this work.Search for more papers by this author

Joshua Tsoh,

Joshua Tsoh

Department of Psychiatry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

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Gabor S. Ungvari,

Gabor S. Ungvari

School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

The University of Notre Dame Australia/Marian Centre, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

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Fanny W.S. Ko,

Fanny W.S. Ko

Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

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David S.C. Hui,

David S.C. Hui

Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

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Helen F.K. Chiu,

Corresponding Author

Helen F.K. Chiu

Department of Psychiatry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

First published: 26 June 2015

https://doi.org/10.1111/psyg.12135

Citations: 3

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Abstract

Background

No study has been published on the prevalence of suicidal behaviour in older Chinese patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). This study examined the 1-year prevalence of suicidal ideation in older Chinese COPD patients and explored its demographic and clinical correlates.

Methods

A consecutive sample of 143 COPD patients and 211 matched control subjects were recruited and interviewed using structured, standardized instruments.

Results

The 1-year prevalence of suicidal ideation in COPD patients and controls were 15.4% and 10.9%, respectively. In multivariate analyses, suicidal ideation was significantly associated with the severity of depressive symptoms in COPD patients.

Conclusion

Suicidal ideation was not higher in COPD patients than in controls.

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