摘要
Objectives: This study aims to examine risk factors associated with 3-month post-discharge suicide among cancer patients using Taiwan's nationwide, population-based datasets. Methods: The study cohort comprised all cancer patients discharged from hospitals from 2002 to 2004, inclusive, who committed suicide within 90 days of discharge (n=311). The control group consisted of 1555 cancer patients who did not commit suicide within 90 days of discharge. The dependent variable was whether or not a patient committed suicide within 90 days of discharge, while the independent variables included patient, hospital and physician characteristics at index hospitalization. Cox proportional hazard regression was carried out to compute the 90-day survival rate, adjusting for possible confounding factors. Results: The mean interval from discharge to suicide was 39.7 days (±95.2) and almost half (46.3%) of the 3-month post-discharge suicides occurred within 14 days after discharge. The adjusted hazard of committing suicide for patients who were not hospitalized in the preceding year was 1.68 ( p=0.009), 1.61 ( p=0.033), and 2.51 ( p
原文 | 英語 |
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頁(從 - 到) | 1038-1044 |
頁數 | 7 |
期刊 | Psycho-Oncology |
卷 | 18 |
發行號 | 10 |
DOIs | |
出版狀態 | 已發佈 - 10月 2009 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- 腫瘤科
- 精神病學和心理健康
- 實驗與認知心理學