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Place of death and other factors associated with unnatural mortality in patients with serious mental disorders: population-based retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients with serious mental disorders have poorer healthcare outcomes at the end of life and are at greater risk of dying from unnatural causes.AimsTo explore place of death and demographic and clinical correlates of unnatural causes of death in patients with serious mental disorders.

Method

Routinely collected patient data were used to explore bivariate and adjusted associations between covariates and natural/unnatural cause of death.

Results

In multivariable analysis (n = 1029), dying at home (odds ratio (OR) = 1.87, 95% CI 1.03-3.40), 'other' locations (OR = 16.50, 95% CI 7.57-36.00), younger age (OR = 17.26, 95% CI 8.28-36.00) and a diagnosis other than schizophrenia spectrum disorder (OR = 1.69, 95% CI 1.04-2.73) were correlates of unnatural cause of death.

Conclusions

Deaths from unnatural causes were high and more likely to occur at home and non-healthcare settings. Unnatural causes of death were higher in younger patients with non-schizophrenia spectrum disorder diagnoses.Declaration of interestF.G. has received support or honoraria for CME, advisory work and lectures from Bristol-Myers Squibb, Janssen, Lundbeck, Otsuka, Roche, and Sunovion, and has a family member with professional links to Lilly and GSK, including shares.

SUBMITTER: Wilson R

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6401542 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Place of death and other factors associated with unnatural mortality in patients with serious mental disorders: population-based retrospective cohort study.

Wilson Rebecca R Gaughran Fiona F Whitburn Tara T Higginson Irene J IJ Gao Wei W

BJPsych open 20190301 2

<h4>Background</h4>Patients with serious mental disorders have poorer healthcare outcomes at the end of life and are at greater risk of dying from unnatural causes.AimsTo explore place of death and demographic and clinical correlates of unnatural causes of death in patients with serious mental disorders.<h4>Method</h4>Routinely collected patient data were used to explore bivariate and adjusted associations between covariates and natural/unnatural cause of death.<h4>Results</h4>In multivariable a ...[more]

PMID: 31068233

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Place of death and other factors associated with unnatural mortality in patients with serious mental disorders: population-based retrospective cohort study.

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Place of death and other factors associated with unnatural mortality in patients with serious mental disorders: population-based retrospective cohort study.

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