Poststroke suicide attempts and completed suicides: a socioeconomic and nationwide perspective.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We examined attempted and completed suicides after stroke to determine whether they were associated with socioeconomic status, other patient characteristics, or time after stroke.

Methods

This nationwide cohort study included stroke patients from Riksstroke (the Swedish Stroke Register) from 2001 to 2012. We used personal identification numbers to link the Riksstroke data with other national registers. Suicide attempts were identified by a record of hospital admission for intentional self-harm (ICD-10: X60-X84), and completed suicides were identified in the national Cause of Death Register. We used multiple Cox regression to analyze time from stroke onset to first suicide attempt.

Results

We observed 220,336 stroke patients with a total follow-up time of 860

SUBMITTER: Eriksson M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4424126 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature