1. Clinical and sociodemographic correlates of suicidality in patients with major depressive disorder from six Asian countries
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Ah-Rong Lee, Jin Pyo Hong, Dianne Bautista, Ahmad Hatim, Pichet Udomratn, Ah-Young Lim, Hong Choon Chua, Hong Jin Jeon, Edwin Chan, Shen-Ing Liu, Chia-Yih Liu, and Si Tianmei
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Adult ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Adolescent ,Poison control ,Suicide, Attempted ,Major depressive disorder ,Cohort Studies ,Social support ,Young Adult ,Asian People ,Rating scale ,Risk Factors ,Outpatients ,Medicine ,Humans ,Risk factor ,Psychiatry ,Aged ,Depressive Disorder, Major ,business.industry ,Asia, Eastern ,Social Support ,Odds ratio ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Psychiatry and Mental health ,Suicide ,Cohort ,Female ,business ,Cohort study ,Research Article - Abstract
Background East Asian countries have high suicide rates. However, little is known about clinical and sociodemographic factors associated with suicidality in Asian populations. The aim of this study was to evaluate the factors associated with suicidality in patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) from six Asian countries. Methods The study cohort consisted of 547 outpatients with MDD. Patients presented to study sites in China (n = 114), South Korea (n = 101), Malaysia (n = 90), Singapore (n = 40), Thailand (n = 103), and Taiwan (n = 99). All patients completed the Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI), the Montgomery–Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS), the Global Severity Index(SCL-90R), the Fatigue Severity Scale, the 36-item short-form health survey, the Sheehan Disability Scale, and the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS). Patients were classified as showing high suicidality if they scored ≥6 on the MINI suicidality module. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to examine sociodemographic and clinical factors related to high suicidality. Results One hundred and twenty-five patients were classed as high suicidality. Unemployed status (adjusted odds ratio [OR] 2.43, p
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- 2014