Risk factors of passive suicidal ideation among outpatients in traditional medicine clinics: The case of Korean medicine in South Korea.

ABSTRACT: Suicide is the leading cause of death worldwide, especially in South Korea. Individuals using Korean medicine (KM) clinics are common in this country, but KM doctor is not yet used in the country's suicide prevention policy. In this study, we investigated the prevalence and risk factors of passive suicidal ideation (SI) among outpatients at KM clinics, and attempted to develop a predictive model of SI through multivariate analysis. The Korea Health Panel Annual Data 2019, a nationally representative survey in South Korea, was analyzed. In this study, 1924 (weighted n:5,958,666) people aged 19 or older who used the KM outpatient service at least once in 2019 were set as study subjects. The authors calculated the weighted prevalence of passive SI and identified significant sociodemographic,

SUBMITTER: Park I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11402649 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature