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Research article:

Short- and long-term risk of premature death in a nationally representative cohort of primary care patients with history of self-harm

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Matthew J. Carr, Darren M. Ashcroft, Evangelos Kontopantelis, David While, Yvonne Awenat, Jayne Cooper, Carolyn Chew-Graham, Nav Kapur, Roger T. Webb (2016) Short- and long-term risk of premature death in a nationally representative cohort of primary care patients with history of self-harm. BMJ, doi:

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Abstract
Objectives: To examine premature mortality in a nationally representative cohort of primary care patients who have harmed themselves, and to estimate relative risks versus the general population stratified by follow-up time from first to tenth year. Design: Matched cohort study. Setting: 385 general practices in England contributing data to the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) during 2001-2013 with linkage to national mortality records. Population: Index cohort of 30,017 persons aged 15-64 years with a record of self-harm; comparison cohort, sampled from the same population, consisting of 600,258 persons with no record of self-harm and matched to index patients on age (year of birth), gender and registered general practice. Main outcome measures: Hazards ratios for all-cause and cause-specific mortality, including unnatural vs. natural death, suicide, intentional vs. accidental poisoning, and alcohol-related death. Results: We found greatly raised risk of dying prematurely from any cause among members of the self-harm cohort, especially so during the first follow-up year: hazard ratio (HR) 9.9, 95% confidence interval (CI) 8.6 to 11.4. The elevation in suicide risk within a year was especially great (HR 113.9, CI 73.9 to 175.6). Beyond the first follow-up year, suicide risk declined sharply but remained much higher than in the comparison cohort. Large risk elevations throughout the follow-up period were observed for accidental self-poisoning and alcohol-related death. Conclusions: Primary care patients who have harmed themselves are at greatly increased risk of dying prematurely by suicide and by other causes, and especially so within a year of the index episode. Relatively frequent general practice attendance by these individuals presents a clear opportunity for preventive action in primary care. National clinical guidelines could provide more specific recommendations for how primary healthcare teams can monitor, intervene and manage risk in these patients more effectively.
Author for correspondence
Matthew J Carr
Email for correspondence
matthew.carr@manchester.ac.uk

Code list: res41: Anxiolitics

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59593020 Multilex Zopiclone 3.75mg tablets (Teva UK Ltd) drug res41: Anxiolitics
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59784020 Multilex Zopiclone 7.5mg tablets (Generics (UK) Ltd) drug res41: Anxiolitics
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64733020 Multilex Zolpidem 5mg tablets (A A H Pharmaceuticals Ltd) drug res41: Anxiolitics
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65546020 Multilex Zopiclone 3.75mg tablets (Kent Pharmaceuticals Ltd) drug res41: Anxiolitics
65832020 Multilex Zolpidem 5mg tablets (IVAX Pharmaceuticals UK Ltd) drug res41: Anxiolitics
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66946020 Multilex Zolpidem 10mg tablets (Generics (UK) Ltd) drug res41: Anxiolitics
72408020 Multilex Zimovane 7.5mg tablets (Sanofi) drug res41: Anxiolitics
72416020 Multilex Zopiclone 7.5mg tablets drug res41: Anxiolitics
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75692020 Multilex Zolpidem 5mg tablets drug res41: Anxiolitics
75693020 Multilex Zolpidem 10mg tablets drug res41: Anxiolitics
75696020 Multilex Stilnoct 5mg tablets (Sanofi) drug res41: Anxiolitics
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86240020 Multilex Zaleplon 5mg capsules drug res41: Anxiolitics
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86243020 Multilex Sonata 5mg capsules (Meda Pharmaceuticals Ltd) drug res41: Anxiolitics
86244020 Multilex Sonata 10mg capsules (Meda Pharmaceuticals Ltd) drug res41: Anxiolitics
91009020 Multilex Zopiclone 3.75mg/5ml oral suspension drug res41: Anxiolitics

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