The Characteristics of Elderly Individuals Who Attempted Suicide by Poisoning: a Nationwide Cross-sectional Study in Korea.

Sun Jin Song Gwan-Jin Park Ji Han Lee Sang-Chul Kim Hoon Kim Seok-Woo Lee

Published in: Journal of Korean medical science (2020)

Self-poisoning among the elderly is associated with poorer clinical outcomes than in younger adult patients. Suicide among the elderly is a potentially preventable public health problem, and with proper identification of the associated risk factors, appropriate multidisciplinary intervention strategies can be implemented.

Keyphrases

public health
middle aged
community dwelling
randomized controlled trial
cross sectional
adverse drug
bioinformatics analysis