TY - JOUR
T1 - Prevalence of Suicidal Behaviors in Residents of Long-Term Care Facilities
T2 - A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
AU - Bareeqa, Syeda Beenish
AU - Samar, Syeda Sana
AU - Masood, Yasir
AU - Husain, Mustafa M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2023.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Background: Long-term care facilities (LTC) plays a pivotal role in caring for geriatric population. However, the risk of suicide in long-term care institutions among older individuals is little understood (e.g., nursing homes, assisted living facilities). Objective: The purpose of this systematic review is to pool and meta-analyze the data on prevalence of suicidal behaviors in geriatric population residing in long-term care facilities. Methods: We have conducted the systematic review in accordance with the PRISMA guidelines. The utilized databases are Pubmed, Medline, Google scholar and Scopus. The Meta-analysis was done using OpenMeta [analyst] software. Subgroup analysis was also performed. Results: After running an analysis on pooled data from twenty cross-sectional studies with 3,023,224 participants, the prevalence of suicidal behavior is 6.4% (95% CI = 5.7–7) in LTC. Conclusion: This meta-analysis shows pooled prevalence of suicidal behavior among geriatric residents of LTC was found to be moderately high all over the world.
AB - Background: Long-term care facilities (LTC) plays a pivotal role in caring for geriatric population. However, the risk of suicide in long-term care institutions among older individuals is little understood (e.g., nursing homes, assisted living facilities). Objective: The purpose of this systematic review is to pool and meta-analyze the data on prevalence of suicidal behaviors in geriatric population residing in long-term care facilities. Methods: We have conducted the systematic review in accordance with the PRISMA guidelines. The utilized databases are Pubmed, Medline, Google scholar and Scopus. The Meta-analysis was done using OpenMeta [analyst] software. Subgroup analysis was also performed. Results: After running an analysis on pooled data from twenty cross-sectional studies with 3,023,224 participants, the prevalence of suicidal behavior is 6.4% (95% CI = 5.7–7) in LTC. Conclusion: This meta-analysis shows pooled prevalence of suicidal behavior among geriatric residents of LTC was found to be moderately high all over the world.
KW - long-term care facility
KW - meta-analysis
KW - suicidal behavior
KW - suicide
KW - systematic review
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U2 - 10.1177/00302228231176309
DO - 10.1177/00302228231176309
M3 - Article
C2 - 37247610
AN - SCOPUS:85163014945
SN - 0030-2228
JO - Omega (United States)
JF - Omega (United States)
ER -