Risks of Depression and Suicide After Diagnosis With Heart Failure: A National Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Heart failure (HF) has been associated with psychosocial distress, but other long-term mental health sequelae are unclear.

Objectives

In this study, the authors sought to determine risks of major depression and suicide, susceptible time periods, and sex-specific differences after HF diagnosis in a large population-based cohort.

Methods

A national cohort study was conducted of all 154,572 persons diagnosed with HF at ages 18-75 years during 2002-2017 in Sweden and 1,545,720 age- and sex-matched population-based control subjects who were followed up for major depression and suicide ascertained from nationwide inpatient, outpatient, and death records through 2018. Poisson regression was used to compute incidence rate ratios (IRRs) while adjusting for sociodemo

SUBMITTER: Crump C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9826721 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature