Patients With Parkinson ’s May Be at High Risk of Suicidal Thinking, Behavior

Patients With Parkinson ’s May Be at High Risk of Suicidal Thinking, BehaviorIndividuals with Parkinson ’s disease may be at significantly higher risk for suicidal thinking and behavior than people without the disease, according to ameta-analysis published this week inJAMA Neurology.“Patients with [Parkinson’s disease] possess multiple risk factors for suicidality, such as advanced age, living with a chronic condition, as well as limitations in physical mobility and functional ability,” wrote Aaron Shengting Mai, M.S., of the National University of Singapore; Yinxia Chao, M.D., Ph.D., of the National Neuroscience Institute in Singapore; and colleagues. Efforts at early detection and management of suicidality in patients with Parkinson’s can help to reduce patients’ risk of death and improve their quality of life, they continued.The researchers analyzed data from 28 studies comprising 505,950 patients with Parkinson ’s to determine the prevalence of suicidal ideation and behavior in this population. The researchers also compared the risk of suicidal ideation and behavior between patients with Parkinson’s and those without the disease. Of the 28 studies, 15 studies were cross-sectional studies, eight were re trospective cohort studies, and three were case-control studies. The meta-analysis revealed that 22.2% and 1.25% of people with Parkinson ’s disease experienced suicidal ideation and behavior, respectively. Compared with people without the disease, ...
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