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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2013.14.11.5752

The Analysis of Research Trend on Elderly Suicide in Korea  

Hong, Si-Myung (Department of Nursing, Gimcheon University)
Kang, Young-Sil (College of Nursing & Institute of Health Sciences, Gyeongsang National University)
Kim, Heon-Kyeong (Department of Nursing, Gimcheon University)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.14, no.11, 2013 , pp. 5752-5761 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was performed to propose the developmental direction of the elderly suicide study by analyzing the trend of study in elderly suicide. A literature search was conducted using RISS, KISS, Nanet. A total of 184 research articles which were published on elderly suicide in Korea from 1996 to 2013 were analyzed with structured analysis forms. For statistical analysis, frequency and percentage were used with EXCEL program. As a results, a study on elderly suicide in the social welfare sector was actively and a survey of general elderly proportion of the study was high. In addition, most concepts of research were associated with suicidal ideation, depression, social support, and stress of the elderly. Therefore, existing in previous studies classified as high-risk elderly people living alone, poor elderly, a man who attempted suicide risk in elderly subjects research through a variety of research methods will be made.
Keywords
Elderly suicide; Suicide ideation; Suicidal prevention;
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