MORTALITY AND SUICIDE RATES OF INVOLUNTARILY COMMITTED PATIENTS

被引:13
作者
ENGBERG, M
机构
[1] Institute of Psychiatric Demography, Aarhus Psychiatric Hospital, Risskov
关键词
COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL PEOPLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MORTALITY; SUICIDE;
D O I
10.1111/j.1600-0447.1994.tb01482.x
中图分类号
R749 [精神病学];
学科分类号
100205 ;
摘要
The mortality and suicide rates for involuntarily committed patients in Denmark are presented. Two cohorts of psychiatric patients committed to a mental hospital from January 1, 1971 to December 31, 1975 (8322 people) and January 1, 1981 to December 31, 1985 (5253 people) have been followed. The standard mortality rate (SMR) in relation to the total Danish population were 4.9 (4.5-5.4) and 5.2 (4.7-5.8), respectively, for the two cohorts, during the first year after involuntarily commitment to a mental hospital. During the same period, the SMR for suicide among the committed patients were 44.9 (37.1-53.9) and 30.9 (24.2-38.9), respectively. The crude suicide rates among the committed patients during the first year after the commitment were 14.3 and 14.0, respectively, per 1000 years, unchanged between the cohorts. Short length of stay in hospital (<14 days), a nonpsychotic main diagnosis, male sex, and age 35 years or more were equally related to high risk of suicide in the 1971 cohort as evaluated to proportional hazard methods (Cox regression), and short length of stay and commitment on the danger indication provided the most information in relation to high suicidal risk in the 1981 cohort. Methodological problems and the reasons for the results are discussed.
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