Risk of pleural empyema in patients with schizophrenia: a nationwide propensity-matched cohort study in Taiwan.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Thoracic infection and pneumonia are prevalent in patients with schizophrenia; however, it is unclear whether patients with schizophrenia are at an increased risk of developing pleural empyema.

Design

A retrospective cohort study with propensity-matched cohorts with and without schizophrenia.

Setting

Using the National Health Insurance Research Database of Taiwan.

Participants

We identified 55 888 patients with schizophrenia newly diagnosed in 2000-2011 and same number of individuals without schizophrenia as the comparison cohort, frequency matched by propensity scores estimated using age, sex, occupation, income, urbanisation, year of diagnosis and comorbidities.

Primary outcome measures

We assessed incident pleural empyema by the end of 2011

SUBMITTER: Shen TC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6042618 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature