Resource Tag: QUALITY OF LIFE

This document is comprised of the 18 appendices for the final evaluation report of the StandBy Response Service. Copies of the surveys that were used, consent forms, cover letters, factsheets, newspaper advertisements, evaluation researcher training syllabus, survey results, & client & stakeholder comments are included in the appendices.

The authors evaluated the perceived quality of life & its association with suicide risk in 100 Italian patients with diabetes mellitus. Patients with diabetes showed greater hopelessness & suicide ideation than internal medicine patients. Poor quality of life was related to low self-efficacy, high hopelessness, & suicidality. A stepwise multiple regression found that polytherapy & […]

This study examined the role of purpose in life & satisfaction with life in protecting against suicide in a clinical sample of 49 psychiatric patients. Zero-order correlations indicated significant associations between suicide ideation & the various predictors in the hypothesized directions. Regression analyses illustrated that purpose in life & satisfaction with life accounted for significant […]

In a recent paper, Daly, Wilson, & Johnson (2007) proposed using data on suicide as a revealed preferences (outcome-based) measure of well-being & found strong evidence that reference-group income negatively affected suicide risk. In this paper, the authors compare & contrast the empirical patterns of subjective well-being & suicide data. It was found the two […]

This study examined group differences between intentional & unintentional burn injuries, comparing 109 individuals with self-inflicted & 109 individuals with other-inflicted burns to an unintentional burn group. Those were intentional burn injuries (self- & other-inflicted) were more likely to be young, female, unmarried, unemployed, abuse substances, & have positive alcohol/drug screens at hospital admission. Individuals […]

This study employed an Experience Sampling Methodology to test whether various elements of affective instability can predict future suicide ideation in patients with borderline personality disorder & a history of recurrent suicidal behaviour. 82 individuals were followed prospectively for one month during which time they recorded their current mood states, 6 times daily over 3 […]

This study assessed the current status of suicidal behaviour & examined the association between hopeless feelings, suicidal behaviour, & components of the WHO Quality-of-Life-BREF instrument among 1217 college students in China, Thailand, & Korea. 3.7% of Thai, 10% of Chinese, & 13.2% of Korean sudents exhibited suicidal behaviour in the past 12 months. Most components […]

This study examined the association of variables from survey data on well-being with suicide rates & other markers of population mental health in Europe. An ecological study correlated life satisfaction & happiness in 32 countries with suicide rates, rates of hospital discharge for mental & behavioural disorders, & prevalence of mental disorders based on registered […]

Characteristics of 4 age groups of patients with medically serious suicide attempts from 9 general hospitals in China were compared. There were no significant age-group differences by residence (rural versus urban), method of attempt, proportion with prior attempts, or level of family functioning. Attempters, 20 years or younger, were less likely to use alcohol at […]

This study documents a paradox: the happiest places have the highest suicide rates. The study combines findings from 2 large & rich individual-level data sets – one on life satisfaction & another on suicide deaths – to establish the paradox in a consistent way across American states. It replicates the finding in data on Western […]

This document provides a summary of a longitudinal evaluation of the StandBy Response Service, a suicide bereavement response service. The purpose of the evaluation was to demonstrate evidence of the community benefits of this program & the benefits of the program to people in the primary target group who had used the service. Qualitative & […]

This report presents the results of an evaluation of the StandBy Response Service, a program designed to respond to suicide incidents & suicide bereavement. Qualitative (on-site interviews & observations in trial locations) & quantitative (survey) findings suggest the service does increase a community’s capacity to respond appropriately & effectively to suicide & suicidal behaviours. Analysis […]

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Data were derived from The Netherlands Mental Health Survey & Incidence Study to examine the prevalence of bipolar disorder in the general population, what proportion received care, & what factors motivated help-seeking. The lifetime prevalence of bipolar disorder was 1.9%. Compared to other mental disorders, people with bipolar disorder were more often incapacitated, were more […]

To investigate the asssociation between self-reported HIV discrimination & health outcomes among women living with HIV, 366 women were recruited from HIV/AIDS clinics in Georgia & Alabama. In this cross-sectional study, participants completed an interview. Nearly a sixth of the sample reported experiencing HIV discrimination. These women had higher mean scores for stress, suicide ideation, […]

This study examined interrelations among suicide prevalence, affluence, intelligence, pace of life, & helping behaviour on the level of aggregate analysis, both cross-nationally & within the United States, using 4 extant data sets for the latter two variables. Across nations, suicide is more prevalent in populations living in faster environments, whereas within the United States, […]

With the ageing of the global population, the wellbeing of older people merits special attention. Recent findngs on certain aspects of the psychosocial health of the elderly are far from reassuring. The first problem is the inconsistency in psychosocial indicators which give simultaneous high life satisfaction scores & high suicide rates. The second problem is […]

In 1992, a suicide prevention centre was opened in Copenhagen with a 2-week programme of social & psychological treatment. This study evaluated the effect of the centre. In a quasi-experimental study, 362 patients in the centre & a parallel comparison group of 39 patients were interviewed. All patients were invited to follow-up interviews. At the […]

This study describes the prevalence & correlates of binge eating disorder as assessed by the Patient Health Questionnaire in a survey of 910 randomly ascertained participants. 60 individuals screened positive for current binge eating disorder with men as likely to screen positive as women. These subjects were at substantially elevated odds for depression, generalized anxiety […]

The hypotheses that middle aged & older patients with schizophrenia, depressive symptoms, & suicidality would exhibit worse quality of life & worse everyday functioning & that higher levels of suicidality would be significantly associated with worse functioning, worse quality of life, & older age were examined. 146 outpatients with schizophrenia & depression were included. Subjects […]

273 randomly selected Chinese subjects with schizophrenia were assessed with respect to their sociodemographic, clinical characteristics, & subjective quality of life. Compared with the general population, patients had significantly lower scores in the physical & social domains of subjective quality of life. Educational level, extrapyramidal side effects, anxiety, history of suicide attempts, employment status, monthly […]