2007
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6603617
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Abstract: The risk of suicide in cancer patients has been reported as elevated in several countries. These patients are exposed to many medicines that may confuse or provide a means for harm, potentially also increasing their risk from accidents. Ratios of observed/ expected numbers of hospital admission and death events relating to deliberate self-harm (DSH) and accidents were calculated in the 5 years from a cancer diagnosis in Scotland 1981Scotland -1995 to the matched general population. The relative risk (RR) of … Show more

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“…Consistent with previous research, they found that injuries among patients with cancer were common3 4 as well as potentially life threatening 45 The study found that in over 720 000 patients there were 15 000 injuries severe enough to result in admission to hospital during their diagnostic period.Given that they examined only those injuries that resulted in admission, the estimates of injury related to cancer diagnosis were conservative.…”
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confidence: 86%
“…Consistent with previous research, they found that injuries among patients with cancer were common3 4 as well as potentially life threatening 45 The study found that in over 720 000 patients there were 15 000 injuries severe enough to result in admission to hospital during their diagnostic period.Given that they examined only those injuries that resulted in admission, the estimates of injury related to cancer diagnosis were conservative.…”
supporting
confidence: 86%
“…However, there are a number of risks specific to cancer patients that clinicians should be aware of. The majority of studies 1, 6, 10–17, 19–24, 26, 28–34, 37–46 identified risk factors for completed suicide and suicidal ideation in cancer patients ranging from mental health, socio‐demographic, illness and general physical health characteristics. However, certain factors were identified more frequently than others: depression, hopelessness, impaired physical functioning, time since diagnosis and cancer type were repeatedly reported as factors contributing to the suicidality of cancer patients.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…The risk factors for suicide that apply to the general population can be extended to a cancer population 6. However, there are also a number of risks specific to cancer patients encompassing a range of complex sociological, medical and psychiatric issues.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…In the year following the diagnosis of cancer, around 1 in 10 patients are reported to experience symptoms of either depression or anxiety severe enough to require intervention by specialist psychological or psychiatric services (National Institute for Clinical Excellence, 2004). To our knowledge no previous detailed analysis of suicide risk in individuals with cancer has been carried out in England, although a recent study, covering the period 1981 to 1995, has reported on hospital admissions and deaths relating to deliberate self-harm in cancer patients in Scotland (Camidge et al, 2007). In this study, we aim to provide new information relating to suicide risk in patients diagnosed with cancer in South East England during the more recent time period of 1996 to 2005.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…The risk of suicide in cancer patients has been reported as elevated relative to that of the general population in several countries: Italy (Crocetti et al, 1998;Miccinesi et al, 2004), Switzerland (Chatton-Reith et al, 1990;Levi et al, 1991), Denmark (Storm et al, 1992;Yousaf et al, 2005;Christensen et al, 2006;Schairer et al, 2006), Norway (Hem et al, 2004;Schairer et al, 2006), Sweden (Allebeck et al, 1989;Allebeck and Bolund, 1991;Björkenstam et al, 2005;Schairer et al, 2006;Björkholm et al, 2007), Finland (Louhivuori and Hakama, 1979;Schairer et al, 2006), Estonia (Innos et al, 2003), Australia (Dormer et al, 2008), Japan (Tanaka et al, 1999), Scotland (Camidge et al, 2007) and the United States of America (Fox et al, 1982;Llorente et al, 2005;Kendal, 2007;Miller et al, 2008;Misono et al, 2008). The majority of studies report a higher relative risk in men than in women.…”
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confidence: 99%