All-cause and cause-specific mortality following non-traumatic spinal cord injury: evidence from a population-based cohort study in Switzerland.

ABSTRACT:

Study design

Observational cohort study.

Objective

To benchmark all-cause and cause-specific mortality following NTSCI to the general population (GP).

Setting

Specialized rehabilitation centers in Switzerland.

Methods

Longitudinal data from the Swiss Spinal Cord Injury (SwiSCI) Medical Record study were probabilistically linked with cause of death (CoD) information from the Swiss National Cohort. Standardized mortality ratios (SMRs) were estimated for all-cause and cause-specific mortality. Competing risk frameworks were used to estimate the probability of death due to specific CoD.

Results

One thousand five hundred and one individuals were admitted for first rehabilitation with NTSCI between 1990-2011; CoD information was available for 454 individuals o

SUBMITTER: Buzzell A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7007408 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature