Inclusion criteria
• Peer-reviewed research studies inclusive of older people
who had survived a suicide attempt(s);
• Research studies that reported on attempted suicide in
combination with death by suicide were included due
to their high correlation in elderly suicide;
• Fifty years was applied to the lowest age limit as studies
varied in their international classifications of older age.
Exclusion criteria
• Commentary, opinion pieces, discussion papers and
editorials;
• Research studies that examined the association be–
tween attempted suicide and a single phenomenon (i.e.,
dementia, cognition, substance use), and
• Research studies that reported on attempted suicide
in combination with suicidal ideation and/or suicidal
intent.