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2020 Nov 19


BMC Psychiatry


20


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A cross-sectional study on associations of physical symptoms, health self-efficacy, and suicidal ideation among Chinese hospitalized cancer patients.

Authors

Xu Q, Jia S, Fukasawa M, Lin L, Na J, Mu Z, Li B, Li N, Zhao T, Ju Z, He M, Yu L, Kawakami N, Li Y, Jiang C
BMC Psychiatry. 2020 Nov 19; 20(1):544.
PMID: 33213416.

Abstract

Epidemiological studies have shown increased risk of suicide in cancer patients compared with the general population. The present study aimed to examine the association between physical symptoms and suicidal ideation in Chinese hospitalized cancer patients and test the modifying effect of health self-efficacy on the association.