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Clinical validation of the nursing diagnosis risk for suicide in the older adults
Girliani Silva de Sousa1, Jaqueline Galdino Albuquerque Perrelli2, Suzana de Oliveira Mangueira3
1Department of Applied Nursing, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Objective:
To clinically validate risk factors for the nursing diagnosis risk for suicide in older adults.
Methods:
Case-control study (105 older adults). The strength of the association between variables was assessed using odds ratio (OR). Risk factors were grouped into hierarchical blocks according to the Integrated Motivational-Volitional Model of Suicidal Behaviour.
Results:
Anxiety; guilt; divorce; hostility; inability to express feelings; loss of important relationship; financial problems; apathy; low self-esteem; hopelessness; dependence and functional incapacity; unhappiness; failure; frustration; marked change in attitude and behavior; sadness; self-neglect; stockpiling medication; depression; ideation and suicidal plans; and mental disorders were associated with risk for suicide.
Conclusions:
It is expected that this study will contribute to clinical nursing practice by the identification of this diagnosis in a safer and more precise manner. Descriptors: clinical judgment, nursing diagnosis, psychiatric nursing, suicide, older adult.
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