Suicidal Ideation in South Korean: A Systematic Review
Abstract
Background: We systematically reviewed (evaluated methodological quality) meta-analysis studies on the suicidal ideation of South Koreans using a measurement tool to assess systematic reviews version 2 (AMSTAR-2) to present the ways for improving the quality of follow-up meta-analysis studies and suggest the direction of future studies.
Methods: We analyzed 11 meta-analysis studies based on AMSTAR-2 criteria by collecting documents related to suicidal thoughts using seven electronic databases (DBPia, Scholar, KISS, KCI, RISS, KoreaEmbase, and National Assembly Electronic Library) from Jan 1, 2000 to Dec 3, 2022.
Results: Among the 142 papers searched, we analyzed the final 11 selected studies. Not all analyzed meta-analysis studies conducted quality assessment and these studies omitted the list of excluded references and the adequacy of the literature search. Moreover, 54.5% of the analyzed studies (six out of eleven studies) did not present the effect of publication bias. Consequently, SOMETHING was critically low due to omissions in critical domains.
Conclusion: In all 11 studies analyzed, 2 or more of 7 critical domains were omitted, and the quality level was confirmed to be critically low. Therefore, future meta-analysis studies on suicidal ideation will have to include quality assessment and improve the quality of meta-analysis, such as testing bias effects.
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2. K•indicator (2022). Suicide rates. https://www.index.go.kr/unify/idx-info.do?idxCd=8040
3. National Center for Mental Health (2019). heart's bottle, Get to know depression correctly and overcome it. https://www.ncmh.go.kr:2453/ncmh/board/boardView.do?no=8536&menu_cd=01_01
4. Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (2022). Recent 5 years (2017-2021) Depression and Anxiety Disorder Cur-rent Status Analysis. https://www.hira.or.kr/bbsDummy.do?pgmid=HIRAA020041000100&brdScnBltNo=4&brdBltNo=10627&pageIndex=1
5. Ministry of Health and Welfare (2022). Sui-cide psychological autopsy, death speaks life. https://www.mohw.go.kr/react/al/sal0301vw.jsp?PAR_MENU_ID=04&MENU_ID=0403&page=1&CONT_SEQ=372221
6. Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service (2019). Preparation of measures to assess the adequacy of outpatient treatment for depression. Won-ju: Health Insurance Review and Assessment Re-search Institute. Gangwon-do.
7. López-Goñi JJ, Fernández-Montalvo J, Ar-teaga A, Haro B (2019). Suicidal attempts among patients with substance use dis-orders who present with suicidal ideation. Addict Behav, 89: 5-9.
8. Kim HS (2002). A Study on Epistemology of Korean Elder`s Suicidal Thought. Jour-nal of the Korea Gerontological Society, 22(1): 159-72.
9. Klonsky ED, May AM, Saffer BY (2016). Suicide, suicide attempts, and suicidal ide-ation. Annu Rev Clin Psychol, 12: 307-30.
10. Park E (2008). The Influencing Factors on Suicide Attempt among Adolescents in South Korea. Taehan Kanho Hakhoe Chi, 38(3):465-73.
11. Field AP, Gillett R (2010). How to do a me-ta‐analysis. Br J Math Stat Psychol, 63(Pt 3): 665-94.
12. Akobeng AK (2005). Understanding sys-tematic reviews and meta-analysis. Arch Dis Child, 90(8): 845-48.
13. Hirschnitz‐Garbers M, Stoll‐Kleemann S (2011). Opportunities and barriers in the implementation of protected area man-agement: a qualitative meta‐analysis of case studies from European protected ar-eas. The Geographical Journal, 177(4): 321-334.
14. Lee JG, Hwang JS (2018). A Qualitative Evaluation of Meta-Analysis Research - Application of AMSTAR Guideline. The Korean Journal of Advertising and Public Rela-tions, 20(4): 514-42.
15. Thacker SB (1988). Meta-analysis: a quantita-tive approach to research integration. JAMA, 259(11): 1685-689.
16. Shin IS, Park EY (2011). Review of the Me-ta-Analysis Research in Special Education and Related Field. The Education Journal for Physical and Multiple Disabilities, 54(4): 157-76.
17. Lystad RP, Pollard H, Graham PL (2009). Epidemiology of injuries in competition taekwondo: A meta-analysis of observa-tional studies. J Sci Med Sport, 12(6): 614-21.
18. Kepes S, McDaniel MA, Brannick MT, Banks GC (2013). Meta-analytic reviews in the organizational sciences: Two meta-analytic schools on the way to MARS (the Meta-Analytic Reporting Standards). J Bus Psychol, 28: 123-43.
19. Sterne JA, Hernán MA, Reeves BC et al. (2016). ROBINS-I: a tool for assessing risk of bias in non-randomised studies of interventions. BMJ, 355:i4919.
20. Perry R, Whitmarsh A, Leach V, Davies P (2021). A comparison of two assessment tools used in overviews of systematic re-views: ROBIS versus AMSTAR-2. Syst Rev, 10(1):273.
21. Shea BJ, Reeves BC, Wells G et al. (2017). AMSTAR-2: a critical appraisal tool for systematic reviews that include random-ised or non-randomised studies of healthcare interventions, or both. BMJ, 358:j4008. .
22. Lee SJ, Jeong GI (2016). Meta-analysis of Suicidal Ideation in Elderly. J Korean Data Anal Soc, 18:1023–1033.
23. Jin HM, Bae SW (2016). Meta - Analytic Path Analysis of Suicidal Ideation in Adoles-cence - Based on the Stress Process Model. Korean Journal of Youth Welfare, 18(2): 85-113.
24. An S, Choi BY, Kim J (2015). Meta-Analysis on Variables Related to Suicidal Ideation among College Students. The Korean Jour-nal of School Psychology, 12(3): 385-405.
25. Moon DK (2012). A Meta-Regression Anal-ysis on Related triggering Variables on the Suicidal Ideation of Older Adults. Journal of Welfare for the Aged Institute, 55: 133-57.
26. Moon DK, Kim YH (2011). A Meta-Regression Analysis on Related triggering Variables of Adolescents` Suicidal Idea-tion. Korea Journal of Counseling, 12(3): 945-64.
27. Kim BY, Lee CS (2009). A Meta-Analysis of Variables Related to Suicidal Ideation in Adolescents. J Korean Acad Nurs, 39(5): 651-61.
28. Lee J, Lyu JY (2017). Suicide among the El-derly in Korea: A Meta-Analysis. Journal of the Korea Gerontological Society, 37(3): 601-16.
29. Hong SH, Jung S, No UK (2016). A Meta-analysis on relationship between adoles-cents’ suicidal ideation and risk factors. Korean Journal of Youth Studies, 23(5): 153-79.
30. Moon DK, Kim YH (2012). A Meta-Regression Analysis on Related protective Variables of Adolescents` Suicidal Idea-tion. Korean Journal of Youth Studies, 19(1): 59-83.
31. Hong SH, No UK, Jung S (2016). Meta-analysis about Relationship between Ado-lescents` Suicidal Ideation and Protective Factors. Survey Research, 17(1): 137-66.
32. Moon DK (2012). A Meta-Analysis on Re-lated Protective Variables on the Suicidal Ideation of Older Adults. Korean Journal of Social Welfare Education, 17: 144-66.
33. Hedges LV, Tipton E, Johnson MC (2010). Robust variance estimation in meta‐regression with dependent effect size es-timates. Res Synth Methods, 1(1): 39-65.
34. Egger M, Smith GD, Altman DG (2001). Systematic reviews in health care: meta-analysis in context. London: BMJ Publishing Group. United Kingdom.
35. Sutton AJ, Abrams KR, Jones DR (2001). An illustrated guide to the methods of meta‐analysis. J Eval Clin Pract, 7(2): 135-48.
36. Sham E, Smith T (2014). Publication bias in studies of an applied behavior‐analytic in-tervention: An initial analysis. J Appl Behav Anal, 47(3): 663-78.
37. Kim SY (2006). Evidence-based Medicine and Systematic Review. Quality Improvement in Health Care, 12(2): 35-40.
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Been S, Byeon H. Suicidal Ideation in South Korean: A Systematic Review. Iran J Public Health. 2023;52(6):1099-1107.
