Assessed the risk of mortality from 1979-1986 for a 1-yr prevalence cohort of 60 schizophrenic patients in Italy, using 3 methods. These were (1) case control that compared Ss with both nonpsychotic patients and the general population matched for sex and age; (2) indirect standardization, using mortality tables; and (3) a method using survival tables. All methods yielded an excess mortality associated with schizophrenia, while the survival tables method produced a higher standardized mortality ratio (SMR). The increased SMR did not appear solely attributable to suicide; most deaths were attributable to natural causes. (PsycLIT Database Copyright 1991 American Psychological Assn, all rights reserved)
Excess mortality by natural causes of Italian schizophrenic patients
TANSELLA, Michele
1990-01-01
Abstract
Assessed the risk of mortality from 1979-1986 for a 1-yr prevalence cohort of 60 schizophrenic patients in Italy, using 3 methods. These were (1) case control that compared Ss with both nonpsychotic patients and the general population matched for sex and age; (2) indirect standardization, using mortality tables; and (3) a method using survival tables. All methods yielded an excess mortality associated with schizophrenia, while the survival tables method produced a higher standardized mortality ratio (SMR). The increased SMR did not appear solely attributable to suicide; most deaths were attributable to natural causes. (PsycLIT Database Copyright 1991 American Psychological Assn, all rights reserved)
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