Current wishes to die; characteristics of middle-aged and older Dutch adults who are ready to give up on life: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Literature shows that middle-aged and older adults sometimes experience a wish to die. Reasons for these wishes may be complex and involve multiple factors. One important question is to what extent people with a wish to die have medically classifiable conditions.

Aim

(1) Estimate the prevalence of a current wish to die among middle-aged and older adults in The Netherlands; (2) explore which factors within domains of vulnerability (physical, cognitive, social and psychological) are associated with a current wish to die; (3) assess how many middle-aged and older adults with a current wish to die do not have a medically classifiable condition and/or an accumulation of age-related health problems.

Methods

Data of 2015/16 from the Longitudinal Aging Study Amster

SUBMITTER: Kox RMK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8140496 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature