Association between risk of dementia and very late-onset schizophrenia-like psychosis: a Swedish population-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although the incidence of psychotic disorders among older people is substantial, little is known about the association with subsequent dementia. We aimed to examine the rate of dementia diagnosis in individuals with very late-onset schizophrenia-like psychosis (VLOSLP) compared to those without VLOSLP.

Methods

Using Swedish population register data, we established a cohort of 15 409 participants with VLOSLP matched by age and calendar period to 154 090 individuals without VLOSLP. Participants were born between 1920 and 1949 and followed from their date of first International Classification of Diseases [ICD], Revisions 8-10 (ICD-8/9/10) non-affective psychotic disorder diagnosis after age 60 years old (or the same date for matched participants) until the end of fol

SUBMITTER: Stafford J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9975996 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature