Purpose:This study was done to compare suicidal ideation, depression, hopelessness, illness and self-esteem in elderly people who live alone or live with family. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study. Data were collected through questionnaires from 190 elderly people living alone and 188 elderly people living with family. Data analysis was done with SPSS/WIN 12.0. Results: The scores for suicidal ideation, depression, hopelessness and illness of elderly people who live alone were higher than the scores of elderly people who live with family. Self-esteem in elderly people who live alone was lower than that of elderly people who live with family. There were significant differences in suicidal ideation of elderly people who live alone according to the demographic factors of frequency of social contact, disturbance of sleep, and status of employment. There were significant differences in suicidal ideation of elderly people who live with family according to the demographic factor of disturbance of sleep. Conclusion: Results of this study indicate that elderly people who live alone are at higher risk for suicidal ideation than elderly people who live with family. Provision of services to reduce suicidal ideation is especially important for elderly people who live alone.

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Social supports, including compensation for income loss and community mental health programs, and longer follow-up studies are needed for residents in the communities affected by the Hebei Spirit oil spill.

These results suggested that cancer patients with a high degree of perceived stress are likely to be high in anger-out and anger-in. Perceived stress and anger-in are major factors which affect depression in cancer patients.

In this paper, this study was conducted to identify the relationship of fatigue, stress, social support, self-efficacy and meaning of life and to investigate the main factors influencing meaning of life in middle adults. The research design was a descriptive survey design using a convenience sampling. Participants were 210 middle adults who were recruited from December 2016 to February 2017. Data analysis was done using SPSS/WIN 21.0 program for descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation coefficients and stepwise multiple regression. The mean score of the meaning of life was 3.41. There were significant correlations between stress, social support, self-efficacy and meaning of life. Stress, social support and self-efficacy were significant predictors explaining 61.7% of the variance in meaning of life. The results indicate that these factors influencing meaning of life should be considered when developing nursing interventions to improve meaning of life for middle adults.