Expressed Wish to Die and Mortality in Older People: A Community Replication
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Three-year mortality of 1063 community residents aged 65 and over interviewed with the Geriatric Mental State Schedule was analysed to examine the influence of specific depression symptoms and physical illness in order to test theoretical predictions from models proposed by Macdonald and Dunn, and by Jorm and colleagues.
Abstract
Three-year mortality of 1063 community residents aged 65 and over interviewed with the Geriatric Mental State Schedule was analysed to examine the influence of specific depression symptoms and physical illness in order to test theoretical predictions from models proposed by Macdonald and Dunn, and by Jorm and colleagues. Expressed wish to die was confirmed as a predictor of mortality, controlling for age, sex, and cognitive impairment. The suggestion that the effect of depressive symptoms on mortality might be a masked effect of physical illness was not confirmed. In general the more specific severe symptoms were better predictors of mortality.