Table 2.
Associations between interpersonal trust and suicidal ideation in the past year among elderly in Shandong, China
| Variables | Model 1 | Model 2 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| β | OR | 95% CI | β | OR | 95% CI | |
| Gender | ||||||
| Male Ref | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| Female | 0.55 | 1.73*** | 1.38–2.17 | 0.33 | 1.39** | 1.09–1.77 |
| Residence | ||||||
| Rural Ref | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| Town | −0.65 | 0.52** | 0.33–0.84 | −0.49 | 0.61 | 0.37–1.00 |
| Urban | −0.20 | 0.82 | 0.61–1.11 | −0.08 | 0.92 | 0.67–1.27 |
| Marital status | ||||||
| Single a; Ref | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| Couple | − 0.23 | 0.80 | 0.64–1.00 | −0.16 | 0.85 | 0.67–1.09 |
| Educational level | ||||||
| No schooling Ref | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| Primary school | −0.15 | 0.86 | 0.68–1.08 | − 0.32 | 0.73** | 0.57–0.92 |
| Junior school and above | −0.30 | 0.74 | 0.55–1.01 | −0.57 | 0.57*** | 0.41–0.79 |
| Self-rated economic status | ||||||
| Wealthy and not worried about livelihood Ref | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| Not wealthy but not worried about livelihood | 0.19 | 1.21 | 0.90–1.64 | −0.06 | 0.94 | 0.69–1.30 |
| Not wealthy and worried about livelihood | 1.20 | 3.31*** | 2.28–4.82 | 0.69 | 2.00** | 1.34–3.00 |
| Poor and worried about livelihood | 1.76 | 5.82*** | 2.98–11.40 | 1.16 | 3.18** | 1.51–6.69 |
| Chronic disease | ||||||
| No Ref | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| Yes | −0.37 | 0.69** | 0.53–0.89 | −0.23 | 0.80 | 0.61–1.04 |
| Self-rated health status in one month | ||||||
| Good Ref | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| Fair | 0.63 | 1.87*** | 1.47–2.37 | 0.27 | 1.32* | 1.02–1.69 |
| Poor | 1.44 | 4.23*** | 3.29–5.48 | 0.45 | 1.57** | 1.18–2.10 |
| Family relationship in one month | ||||||
| Good Ref | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| Fair | 0.71 | 2.04*** | 1.46–2.85 | 0.16 | 1.18 | 0.82–1.70 |
| Poor | 1.69 | 5.41*** | 3.08–9.48 | 0.86 | 2.36** | 1.26–4.41 |
| Interpersonal trust | ||||||
| Trust Ref | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| Median | 0.46 | 1.59*** | 1.22–2.07 | 0.11 | 1.12 | 0.84–1.50 |
| Mistrust | 1.22 | 3.38*** | 2.04–5.62 | 0.73 | 2.08* | 1.56–3.73 |
| Psychological distress (M ± SD) | 0.13 | 1.14*** | 1.13–1.16 | |||
a Others included those who are unmarried (0.9%), widowed (17.6%), or divorced (0.2%); Ref denotes reference category; * p ≤ 0.05, **p ≤ 0.01 and ***p ≤ 0.001