Hospitalisation for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and risk of suicide: a population-based case-control study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To examine risk of suicide among individuals with hospitalised chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and to profile differences according to sex, age, psychiatric history, and recency and frequency of COPD hospitalisations.

Design

Nested case-control study.

Setting

Data were retrieved from Danish national registries.

Participants

All suicide cases aged 40-95 years deceased between 1981 and 2006 in Denmark (n=19,869) and up to 20 live population controls per case matched on sex and date of birth (n=321,867 controls).

Main outcome measures

The relative risk of suicide associated with COPD was computed using conditional logistic regression and adjusted for effects of psychiatric history and important sociodemographic factors.

Results

SUBMITTER: Strid JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4244413 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature