title: Suicidal ideation in an older U.S. Chinese population.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study examined the prevalence and correlates of suicidal ideation among U.S. Chinese older adults.
  
  
  METHODS
  Guided by the community-participatory research approach, the PINE (Population Study of Chinese Elderly in Chicago) study is a population-based epidemiological study conducted from 2011 to 2013 of 3,159 community-dwelling Chinese adults aged 60 years and above in the Greater Chicago area.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The 2-week prevalence of suicidal ideation, 12-month prevalence of suicidal ideation, and lifetime suicidal ideation were 3.5%, 4.8%, and 9.4%, respectively. Age, sex, marital status, education, income, living arrangement, country of origin, years in the United States, overall health status, quality of life, and health changes over the past year were significantly correlated with suicidal ideation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Suicidal ideation was common among U.S. Chinese older adults in the Greater Chicago area. Further longitudinal studies should be conducted to explore the risk and protective factors associated with suicidal ideation.
authors.affiliation: Rush Institute for Healthy Aging, Chicago, IL, USA xinqi_dong@rush.edu.
authors.forename: XinQi
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.affiliation: Rush Institute for Healthy Aging, Chicago, IL, USA.
authors.forename: Ruijia
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Chinese American Service League, Chicago, IL, USA.
authors.forename: Esther
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.affiliation: Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
authors.forename: Melissa A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Simon
mesh_terms: D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001213:Asian / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002641:Chicago / Q000453:epidemiology; D002681:China / Q000208:ethnology; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D059020:Suicidal Ideation
keywords: Chinese; culture; older adults; prevalence; suicidal ideation; suicide