Association Between Social Integration and Suicide Among Women in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Suicide is one of the top 10 leading causes of mortality among middle-aged women. Most work in the field emphasizes the psychiatric, psychological, or biological determinants of suicide.

Objective

To estimate the association between social integration and suicide.

Design, setting, and participants

We used data from the Nurses' Health Study, an ongoing nationwide prospective cohort study of nurses in the United States. Beginning in 1992, a population-based sample of 72 607 nurses 46 to 71 years of age were surveyed about their social relationships. The vital status of study participants was ascertained through June 1, 2010.

Exposures

Social integration was measured with a 7-item index that included marital status, social network size, frequency of con

SUBMITTER: Tsai AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4598291 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature