With respect to suicidal ideation, 752 participants (97.5%) reported never having had suicidal thoughts, while 19 participants (2.5%) reported having had such thoughts at least once. The descriptive statistics of the main variable, depression, showed an increasing trend over time (Table 2 ), with a mean depression score of 1.51 (SD = 0.50) in 2017 and 1.67 (SD = 0.51) in 2021.
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The effects of the changes in the depression on suicidal ideation among older adults aged 75 and above before and after the COVID-19.
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