The LifeTrack Project: Baseline cohort characteristics and psychosocial factors associated with duration of suicidal ideation and prior suicide attempt
Introduction: Between 5 and 20 % of adults with suicidal ideation make a suicide attempt, while many others remit. The LifeTrack Project is a three-year population-based cohort study that aims to identify factors associated with suicide attempt and remission of suicidal ideation. This paper reports...
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| author | Philip J. Batterham Monica Gendi Alison L. Calear Fiona Shand Matthew Sunderland Rohan Borschmann Bridianne O'Dea Peter Butterworth Mark Larsen Cassandra Heffernan Dominique Kazan Aliza Werner-Seidler Emily Hielscher Jin Han Liana Leach Louise M. Farrer |
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| description | Introduction: Between 5 and 20 % of adults with suicidal ideation make a suicide attempt, while many others remit. The LifeTrack Project is a three-year population-based cohort study that aims to identify factors associated with suicide attempt and remission of suicidal ideation. This paper reports the demographic characteristics of the LifeTrack cohort and associations of baseline psychosocial factors with time since onset of suicidal ideation and prior suicide attempts. Method: Participants (923 Australian adults with suicidal ideation in the past 30 days) completed a baseline questionnaire about suicidality, health and sociodemographics. Results: Over half of participants reported onset of suicidal ideation over 10 years ago.About half reported a prior suicide attempt. Long-term (>10 years) suicidal ideation was associated with older age, female gender, bisexuality, long-term relationship, mental illness diagnosis, pain interference, and PTSD symptoms. Prior suicide attempt was associated with nonbinary gender, bisexuality, fewer years of education, living alone, parenthood, mental illness diagnosis, depressive symptoms, PTSD symptoms, and financial worry. Conclusion: Factors associated with duration of suicidal ideation were distinct from those associated with previous attempts. The LifeTrack cohort, one of the largest of its kind, will allow us to prospectively test and refine theoretical models of suicidal behaviour in coming years. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-4fa777ec8f6f42a6be2d7c82b195f5602025-08-20T02:17:33ZengElsevierPsychiatry Research Communications2772-59872025-06-015210021010.1016/j.psycom.2025.100210The LifeTrack Project: Baseline cohort characteristics and psychosocial factors associated with duration of suicidal ideation and prior suicide attemptPhilip J. Batterham0Monica Gendi1Alison L. Calear2Fiona Shand3Matthew Sunderland4Rohan Borschmann5Bridianne O'Dea6Peter Butterworth7Mark Larsen8Cassandra Heffernan9Dominique Kazan10Aliza Werner-Seidler11Emily Hielscher12Jin Han13Liana Leach14Louise M. Farrer15Centre for Mental Health Research, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia; Corresponding author. Centre for Mental Health Research, 63 Eggleston Road, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia.Centre for Mental Health Research, The Australian National University, Canberra, AustraliaCentre for Mental Health Research, The Australian National University, Canberra, AustraliaBlack Dog Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney, AustraliaThe Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, University of Sydney, Sydney, AustraliaCentre for Mental Health and Community Wellbeing, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Australia; Department of Psychiatry, Medical Sciences Division, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Centre for Adolescent Health, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia; Justice Health Group, School of Population Health, Curtin University, Perth, AustraliaFlinders Institute for Mental Health and Wellbeing, College of Education, Psychology and Social Work, Flinders University, Adelaide, AustraliaSEED Lifespan, School of Psychology, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia; National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, The Australian National University, Canberra, AustraliaBlack Dog Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia; Centre for Big Data Research in Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, AustraliaCentre for Mental Health Research, The Australian National University, Canberra, AustraliaCentre for Mental Health Research, The Australian National University, Canberra, AustraliaBlack Dog Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia; School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, AustraliaQIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, QLD, Australia; School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia; Flourish Australia, Sydney, AustraliaCenter for Global Health Equity, New York University Shanghai, Shanghai, ChinaNational Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, The Australian National University, Canberra, AustraliaCentre for Mental Health Research, The Australian National University, Canberra, AustraliaIntroduction: Between 5 and 20 % of adults with suicidal ideation make a suicide attempt, while many others remit. The LifeTrack Project is a three-year population-based cohort study that aims to identify factors associated with suicide attempt and remission of suicidal ideation. This paper reports the demographic characteristics of the LifeTrack cohort and associations of baseline psychosocial factors with time since onset of suicidal ideation and prior suicide attempts. Method: Participants (923 Australian adults with suicidal ideation in the past 30 days) completed a baseline questionnaire about suicidality, health and sociodemographics. Results: Over half of participants reported onset of suicidal ideation over 10 years ago.About half reported a prior suicide attempt. Long-term (>10 years) suicidal ideation was associated with older age, female gender, bisexuality, long-term relationship, mental illness diagnosis, pain interference, and PTSD symptoms. Prior suicide attempt was associated with nonbinary gender, bisexuality, fewer years of education, living alone, parenthood, mental illness diagnosis, depressive symptoms, PTSD symptoms, and financial worry. Conclusion: Factors associated with duration of suicidal ideation were distinct from those associated with previous attempts. The LifeTrack cohort, one of the largest of its kind, will allow us to prospectively test and refine theoretical models of suicidal behaviour in coming years.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772598725000091SuicideAttemptIdeationPsychosocialAustraliaCohort study |
| spellingShingle | Philip J. Batterham Monica Gendi Alison L. Calear Fiona Shand Matthew Sunderland Rohan Borschmann Bridianne O'Dea Peter Butterworth Mark Larsen Cassandra Heffernan Dominique Kazan Aliza Werner-Seidler Emily Hielscher Jin Han Liana Leach Louise M. Farrer The LifeTrack Project: Baseline cohort characteristics and psychosocial factors associated with duration of suicidal ideation and prior suicide attempt Psychiatry Research Communications Suicide Attempt Ideation Psychosocial Australia Cohort study |
| title | The LifeTrack Project: Baseline cohort characteristics and psychosocial factors associated with duration of suicidal ideation and prior suicide attempt |
| title_full | The LifeTrack Project: Baseline cohort characteristics and psychosocial factors associated with duration of suicidal ideation and prior suicide attempt |
| title_fullStr | The LifeTrack Project: Baseline cohort characteristics and psychosocial factors associated with duration of suicidal ideation and prior suicide attempt |
| title_full_unstemmed | The LifeTrack Project: Baseline cohort characteristics and psychosocial factors associated with duration of suicidal ideation and prior suicide attempt |
| title_short | The LifeTrack Project: Baseline cohort characteristics and psychosocial factors associated with duration of suicidal ideation and prior suicide attempt |
| title_sort | lifetrack project baseline cohort characteristics and psychosocial factors associated with duration of suicidal ideation and prior suicide attempt |
| topic | Suicide Attempt Ideation Psychosocial Australia Cohort study |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772598725000091 |
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