Variations in Suicide Risk and Risk Factors After Hospitalization for Depression in Finland, 1996-2017.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Although incidence of suicide in depression varies remarkably temporally, risk factors have been modeled as constant and remain uncharted in the short term. How effectively factors measured at one point in time predict risk at different time points is unknown.

Objective

To examine the absolute risk and risk factors for suicide in hospitalized patients with depression starting from the first days after discharge up to 2 years and to evaluate whether the size of relative risk by factor displays temporal patterns over consecutive phases of follow-up.

Design, setting, and participants

This population-based study using Finnish registers (hospital discharge, population, and cause of death registers) included all hospitalizations for depression as the principal di

SUBMITTER: Aaltonen K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10867776 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature