Table 4.

Associations Between Five Phenotypes of Self-neglect and Suicidal Ideation Among Chinese Older Adults

	Suicidal Ideation in 2 Wk	Suicidal Ideation in 12 Mo	Suicidal Ideation in Lifetime
	OR (CI)a	OR (CI)a	OR (CI)a
Hoarding	1.34 (1.14–1.58)+	1.31 (1.15–1.49)+	1.29 (1.16–1.43)+
Poor personal hygiene	1.45 (1.20–1.75)+	1.47 (1.26–1.70)+	1.57 (1.38–1.79)+
Unsanitary conditions	1.18 (1.02–1.37)*	1.21 (1.09–1.34)+	1.16 (1.06–1.27)#
Need of home repair	1.12 (0.93–1.34)	1.18 (1.06–1.33)#	1.21 (1.11–1.32)+
Lack of utilities	1.08 (0.51–2.31)	1.14 (0.70–1.86)	1.07 (0.72–1.58)
Severity of self-neglect and phenotypes
Self-neglect: none	1	1	1
Mild	1.59 (0.82–3.10)	1.84 (1.20–2.83)#	2.37 (1.74–3.33)+
Moderate to severe	2.97 (1.54–5.72)#	2.82 (1.77–4.51)+	2.74 (1.89–3.95)+
Hoarding: none	1	1	1
Mild	2.65 (1.41–4.98)#	2.29 (1.47–3.57)+	2.95 (2.14–4.07)+
Moderate to severe	2.74 (0.95–7.95)	2.80 (1.34–5.82)#	1.72 (0.89–3.32)
Poor personal hygiene: none	1	1	1
Mild	2.81 (1.49–5.29)#	3.36 (2.21–5.09)+	3.78 (2.74–5.23)+
Moderate to severe	6.35 (2.07–19.51)#	4.37 (1.72–11.08)#	5.20 (2.47–10.96)+
Unsanitary conditions: none	1	1	1
Mild	1.13 (0.50–2.56)	1.43 (0.87–2.37)	1.71 (1.19–2.44)#
Moderate to severe	2.93 (1.33–6.42)#	2.50 (1.40–4.49)#	1.94 (1.19–3.15)#
Need of home repair: none	1	1	1
Mild	1.04 (0.44–2.48)	2.24 (1.41–3.57)+	2.66 (1.89–3.75)+
Moderate to severe	2.22 (0.97–5.07)	2.18 (1.18–4.03)*	2.30 (1.43–3.69)+
Lack of utilities: none	1	1	1
Mild	1.05 (0.25–4.43)	1.39 (0.59–3.29)	0.95 (0.45–2.01)
Moderate to severe	1.55 (0.20–11.74)	1.37 (0.32–5.93)	1.46 (0.50–4.26)

Note: CI = confidence interval; OR = odds ratio.

^aAdjusted by age, sex, education, income, number of children alive, years in the United States, and the number of medical comorbidities.

*p < .05; ^#p < .01; ⁺p < .001.