@article{ref1,
title="Longitudinal associations between food insecurity and suicidal ideation among adults aged ≥65 in the Korean Welfare Panel Study",
journal="International journal of public health",
year="2023",
author="Lee, Jeongyoon and Pak, Tae-Young",
volume="68",
number="",
pages="e1605618-e1605618",
abstract="OBJECTIVEs : This study aimed to explore longitudinal associations between food insecurity and suicidal ideation, and the moderating roles of intervention programs. <br><br>METHODS: Data were derived from the 2012-2019 waves of the Korean Welfare Panel Study. Participants aged  ≥ 65 at baseline (n = 4,425) and their annual follow-up measurements for a mean of 6.58 years were included. Conditional fixed effects logistic regressions were used to test 1) associations between food insecurity and the onset of suicidal ideation; 2); whether associations were attenuated by food assistance and income support programs. <br><br>RESULTS: Food insecurity was associated with higher odds of suicidal ideation in the full sample (OR, 1.77; 95% CI, 1.37-2.29), among women (OR, 1.67; 95% CI, 1.24-2.26) and men (OR, 2.06; 95% CI, 1.25-3.40). The association between food insecurity and suicidal ideation was attenuated by participation in home-delivered meal services (OR, 0.43; 95% CI, 0.21-0.88). <br><br>CONCLUSION: Food insecure older adults were more likely to consider committing suicide than their food secure counterparts. Food assistance through home-delivered meal services, but not other intervention programs, could weaken this link.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1661-8556",
doi="10.3389/ijph.2023.1605618",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/ijph.2023.1605618"
}