A nationwide study of the risk of all-cause, sudden death, and cardiovascular mortality among antipsychotic-treated patients with schizophrenia in Taiwan

Chao Hsiun Tang, Darmendra Ramcharran, Ching Wen Wendy Yang, Chi Chun Chang, Po Ya Chuang, Hong Qiu, Kuo Hsuan Chung

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Introduction: Studies have reported higher risks of mortality for patients with schizophrenia, compared to the general population. This study aimed to evaluate the risk of all-cause, sudden death, and cardiovascular mortality among patients with schizophrenia in terms of types of antipsychotics. Methods: A retrospective cohort study assessed the risk of mortality among antipsychotic-treated patients with schizophrenia. The study linked the Taiwan National Health Insurance (NHI) claims and National Register of Death databases from 2001 to 2015. Patients were hierarchically assigned to the following index antipsychotic treatment groups: atypical long acting injection (LAI), typical LAI, atypical oral, and typical oral. Results: A total of 68,159 antipsychotic-treated patients with schizophrenia were analyzed. Under the hierarchical grouping, the largest percentages of patients were on atypical oral antipsychotic regimens (65.51%), followed by typical oral (14.00%), typical LAI (12.84%), and atypical LAI (7.65%). Typical oral patients had the highest incidence of all-cause mortality of 27.48 per 1000 patient-years and the atypical LAI group had the lowest incidence (13.95 per 1000 patient-years). Compared to typical oral users, there were lower risks of all-cause mortality for users of atypical LAI (aHR = 0.62, 95% CI: 0.47–0.81), typical LAI (aHR = 0.65, 95% CI: 0.55–0.78), and atypical orals (aHR = 0.55, 95% CI: 0.49–0.62). Conclusion: Compared to typical oral users, we found a lower risk of all-cause mortality, sudden death, and cardiovascular mortality among schizophrenia users of LAIs and oral atypicals. Further research is warranted to characterize the risk of mortality among users of more recently available LAIs in the Asia Pacific region and elsewhere.
原文英語
頁(從 - 到)9-19
頁數11
期刊Schizophrenia Research
237
DOIs
出版狀態已發佈 - 11月 2021

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • 精神病學和心理健康
  • 生物精神病學

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