7 Environmental Factors in Suicide in Long‐Term Care Facilities
作者:
Nancy J. Osgood,
期刊:
Suicide and Life‐Threatening Behavior
(WILEY Available online 1992)
卷期:
Volume 22,
issue 1
页码: 98-106
ISSN:0363-0234
年代: 1992
DOI:10.1111/j.1943-278X.1992.tb00478.x
出版商: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
ABSTRACTOne major purpose of this study was to identify environmental factors related to suicide in long‐term care facilities. Questionnaires were mailed to a random sample of administrators at 1,080 facilities. Information was collected on facility characteristics, overt suicide, and intentional life‐threatening behavior.Chi‐square analyses revealed 4 environmental characteristics related to suicidal behavior and deaths from suicide: staff turnover, size, auspices, and per diem cost. More suicides occurred in larger facilities and facilities with higher staff turnover. Religious or “other” facilities experienced more suicidal deaths than public or private facilities; facilities charging less experienced mo
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