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  • Suicidal ideation in family carers of people with dementia: A pilot study

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    O'Dwyer, Siobhan T
    Moyle, Wendy
    Zimmer-Gembeck, Melanie
    De Leo, Diego
    Griffith University Author(s)
    De Leo, Diego
    Moyle, Wendy
    Zimmer-Gembeck, Melanie
    Year published
    2013
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    Objective The objective of this pilot study was to gather preliminary evidence on suicidal ideation in family carers of people with dementia. Methods An online, cross-sectional survey was conducted with 120 family carers, the majority of whom were located in Australia and USA. The survey included measures of suicidality, self-efficacy, physical health, depression, hopelessness, anxiety, optimism, caregiver burden, coping strategies and social support. Results Twenty-six percent of carers had contemplated suicide more than once in the previous year. Only half of these had ever told someone they might commit suicide and almost ...
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    Objective The objective of this pilot study was to gather preliminary evidence on suicidal ideation in family carers of people with dementia. Methods An online, cross-sectional survey was conducted with 120 family carers, the majority of whom were located in Australia and USA. The survey included measures of suicidality, self-efficacy, physical health, depression, hopelessness, anxiety, optimism, caregiver burden, coping strategies and social support. Results Twenty-six percent of carers had contemplated suicide more than once in the previous year. Only half of these had ever told someone they might commit suicide and almost 30% said they were likely to attempt suicide in the future. Carers who had contemplated suicide had poorer mental health, lower self-efficacy for community support service use and greater use of dysfunctional coping strategies than those who had not. In a logistic regression, only depression predicted the presence of suicidal thoughts. Conclusions A significant number of people might contemplate suicide while caring for a family member with dementia. Although more research is required to confirm this finding, there are clear implications for policy and clinical practice in terms of identifying and supporting carers who are already contemplating suicide.
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    Journal Title
    International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
    Volume
    28
    Issue
    11
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.3941
    Copyright Statement
    © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. This is a preprint of an article published in International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, Vol. 28(11), 2013, pp. 1182-1188. The definitive version is available at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/
    Subject
    Clinical sciences
    Aged care nursing
    Cognitive and computational psychology
    Health services and systems
    Clinical and health psychology
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/56882
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