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Table 2 Associations between interpersonal trust and suicidal ideation in the past year among elderly in Shandong, China

From: Association between interpersonal trust and suicidal ideation in older adults: a cross-sectional analysis of 7070 subjects 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

  1. 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