Citation

Kang KA, Kim SJ, Kim Ellis H. J. Community Health Nurs. 2017; 34(1): 46-61.

Affiliation

English Department , Sahmyook University , Seoul , Republic of Korea.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/07370016.2017.1260988

PMID

28156146

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to identify the differences in suicide risk, meaning in life, and need for life respect among three age groups (young adults, the middle aged, and the elderly) of 540 public hospital outpatients in South Korea. This was a cross-sectional study. Among these 3 age groups, we observed significant differences in suicide risk, meaning in life, and need for life respect according to education level, marital status, living arrangements, type of disease, gender, and monthly income. These findings might contribute to the prevention of suicide in the future and the implementation of better community-based nursing care.

Language: en

Keywords

Community health; hospitals; nurses; public; suicide