Risk of Suicide Among Patients With Parkinson Disease.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Parkinson disease (PD) is an increasingly common neurodegenerative disorder in many aging societies. Although comorbidities with mental disorders are common in PD, whether PD is associated with an increased risk of suicide is unclear.

Objective

To use a large national representative PD cohort to compare the risk of suicide in patients with PD and control participants and identify potential risk factors.

Design, setting, and participants

This nationwide population-based cohort study used linked data from Taiwan's National Health Insurance data set and Taiwan Death Registry between January 2002 and December 2016. Patients with incident PD diagnosed between January 2005 and December 2014 were followed up until December 2016. Four control participants from the

SUBMITTER: Chen YY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7745139 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature