Suicide and multiple sclerosis: an epidemiological investigation
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Suicide and multiple sclerosis : an epidemiological investigation. / Stenager, E N; Stenager, Egon; Koch-Henriksen, Nils; Brønnum-Hansen, Henrik; Hyllested, K; Jensen, K; Bille-Brahe, U.
In: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, Vol. 55, No. 7, 1992, p. 542-5.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Suicide and multiple sclerosis
T2 - an epidemiological investigation
AU - Stenager, E N
AU - Stenager, Egon
AU - Koch-Henriksen, Nils
AU - Brønnum-Hansen, Henrik
AU - Hyllested, K
AU - Jensen, K
AU - Bille-Brahe, U
PY - 1992
Y1 - 1992
N2 - In a nationwide investigation the risk of death by suicide for patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) was assessed using records kept at the Danish Multiple Sclerosis Registry (DMSR) and the Danish National Register of Cause of Death. The investigation covers all MS patients registered with DSMR with an onset of the disease within the period 1953-85, or for whom MS was diagnosed in the same period. Fifty three of the 5525 cases in the onset cohort group committed suicide. Using the figures from the population death statistics by adjustment to number of subjects, duration of observation, sex, age, and calendar year at the start of observation, the expected number of suicides was calculated to be nearly 29. The cumulative lifetime risk of suicide from onset of MS, using an actuarial method of calculation, was 1.95%. The standard mortality ratio (SMR) of suicide in MS was 1.83. It was highest for males and for patients with onset of MS before the age of 30 years and those diagnosed before the age of 40. The SMR was highest within the first five years after diagnosis.
AB - In a nationwide investigation the risk of death by suicide for patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) was assessed using records kept at the Danish Multiple Sclerosis Registry (DMSR) and the Danish National Register of Cause of Death. The investigation covers all MS patients registered with DSMR with an onset of the disease within the period 1953-85, or for whom MS was diagnosed in the same period. Fifty three of the 5525 cases in the onset cohort group committed suicide. Using the figures from the population death statistics by adjustment to number of subjects, duration of observation, sex, age, and calendar year at the start of observation, the expected number of suicides was calculated to be nearly 29. The cumulative lifetime risk of suicide from onset of MS, using an actuarial method of calculation, was 1.95%. The standard mortality ratio (SMR) of suicide in MS was 1.83. It was highest for males and for patients with onset of MS before the age of 30 years and those diagnosed before the age of 40. The SMR was highest within the first five years after diagnosis.
KW - Adaptation, Psychological
KW - Adult
KW - Cross-Sectional Studies
KW - Denmark
KW - Depressive Disorder
KW - Female
KW - Humans
KW - Incidence
KW - Male
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Multiple Sclerosis
KW - Risk Factors
KW - Sick Role
KW - Suicide
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 1640228
VL - 55
SP - 542
EP - 545
JO - Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry
JF - Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry
SN - 0022-3050
IS - 7
ER -
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