Incidence of and Factors Associated With Nonfatal Self-injury After a Cancer Diagnosis in Ontario, Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Psychological distress is a key component of patient-centered cancer care. While a greater risk of suicide among patients with cancer has been reported, more frequent consequences of distress, including nonfatal self-injury (NFSI), remain unknown.

Objective

To examine the risk of NFSI after a cancer diagnosis.

Design, setting, and participants

This population-based retrospective cohort study used linked administrative databases to identify adults diagnosed with cancer between 2007 and 2019 in Ontario, Canada.

Exposures

Demographic and clinical factors.

Main outcomes and measures

Cumulative incidence of NFSI, defined as emergency department presentation of self-injury, was computed, accounting for the competing risk of death from all causes. Fa

SUBMITTER: Noel CW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8463938 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature