Risk factors for new antidepressant use after surgery in Sweden: a nationwide, observational cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Whilst somatic complications after major surgery are being increasingly investigated, the research field has scarce data on psychiatric outcomes such as postoperative depression. This study evaluates the impact of patient and surgical factors on the risk of depression after surgery using the proxy measure of prescribed and collected antidepressants.

Methods

An observational, registry-based, national multicentre cohort study of individuals ≥18 yr of age who underwent noncardiac surgery between 2007 and 2014. Exclusion criteria included history of antidepressant use defined by collection of a prescription within 5 yr before surgery. Participants were identified using a surgical database from 23 Swedish hospitals and data were linked to National Board of Health and W

SUBMITTER: Widaeus M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10457487 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature