Association of Early Treatment With Chronicity and Hazard of Hospitalization After New Adjustment Disorder.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aimed to examine the effect of early treatment with psychotherapy or psychoactive medications on later hospitalizations for patients with a new diagnosis of adjustment disorder.

Methods

Commercial claims data from Truven Health MarketScan were used. Patient-level propensity score matching was performed, and the authors fit an inverse probability of treatment weighting to a Cox proportional hazard model.

Results

Early receipt of psychoactive medication instead of psychotherapy was associated with an increased hazard of later psychiatric hospitalization (hazard ratio [HR]=2.61, 95% confidence interval [CI]=2.07-3.28) and overall hospitalization (HR=1.12, 95% CI=1.04-1.21). Specifically, benzodiazepines were associated with increased hazard of later

SUBMITTER: Gao YN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7887773 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature