Impact of Onset of Psychiatric Disorders and Psychiatric Treatment on Mortality Among Patients with Cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Psychiatric disorders are common in patients with cancer. The impact of both psychiatric disorders and psychiatric treatment on mortality in patients with cancer needs to be established.

Materials and methods

Nationwide claims data were analyzed. To investigate the association between psychiatric disorders and mortality, 6,292 male and 4,455 female patients with cancer who did not have a record of psychiatric disorders before cancer onset were included. To examine the association between psychiatric treatment and mortality, 1,467 male and 1,364 female patients with cancer were included. Incident psychiatric disorder and receipt of psychiatric treatment within 30 days from the onset of a psychiatric disorder were the main independent variables. Dependent variables

SUBMITTER: Lee SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7160313 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature