{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Schmutte T"],"funding":["NIA NIH HHS","NIMH NIH HHS","National Institutes of Health"],"pagination":["262-271"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC8613307"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["18(2)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Introduction</h4>Receiving a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease or related dementias (ADRD) can be a pivotal and stressful period. We examined the risk of suicide in the first year after ADRD diagnosis relative to the general geriatric population.<h4>Methods</h4>We identified a national cohort of Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries aged ≥ 65 years with newly diagnosed ADRD (n = 2,667,987) linked to the National Death Index.<h4>Results</h4>The suicide rate for the ADRD cohort was 26.42 per 100,000 person-years. The overall standardized mortality ratio (SMR) for suicide was 1.53 (95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.42, 1.65) with the highest risk among adults aged 65 to 74 years (SMR = 3.40, 95% CI = 2.94, 3.86) and the first 90 days after ADRD diagnosis. Rural residence and recent mental "],"journal":["Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association"],"pubmed_title":["Suicide risk in first year after dementia diagnosis in older adults."],"pmcid":["PMC8613307"],"funding_grant_id":["R01AG056407","R01MH107452","R01 AG056407","R01 MH107452"],"pubmed_authors":["Olfson M","Xie M","Maust DT","Schmutte T","Marcus SC"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Suicide risk in first year after dementia diagnosis in older adults.","description":"<h4>Introduction</h4>Receiving a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease or related dementias (ADRD) can be a pivotal and stressful period. We examined the risk of suicide in the first year after ADRD diagnosis relative to the general geriatric population.<h4>Methods</h4>We identified a national cohort of Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries aged ≥ 65 years with newly diagnosed ADRD (n = 2,667,987) linked to the National Death Index.<h4>Results</h4>The suicide rate for the ADRD cohort was 26.42 per 100,000 person-years. The overall standardized mortality ratio (SMR) for suicide was 1.53 (95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.42, 1.65) with the highest risk among adults aged 65 to 74 years (SMR = 3.40, 95% CI = 2.94, 3.86) and the first 90 days after ADRD diagnosis. Rural residence and recent mental ","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Feb","modification":"2025-04-05T09:04:32.232Z","creation":"2025-04-05T09:04:32.232Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC8613307","cross_references":{"pubmed":["34036738"],"doi":["10.1002/alz.12390"]}}