Purpose To assess exposure to antidepressants (AD) before and after nonfatal self-harm (SH) in older adults and to examine 1-year rates and risk factors for subsequent SH. Methods Longitudinal national register-based retrospective cohort study of Swedish residents aged 75+ (N = 2775) with treatment at hospital or specialist outpatient clinic in connection with SH between January 1, 2006, and December 31, 2013. The cohort was followed for 1 year after the index episode. Exposure to AD was assessed at index and at subsequent SH. Cox regression analysis was used to assess factors associated with 1-year repeat SH. Results At the index episode, 51% were prevalent AD users; 23% started AD during the following year. Overall 12% of prevalent AD users, 8% of AD nonusers, and 6% of AD new users repeated SH or died by suicide. About two-thirds of these subsequent behaviors occurred within 3 months after the index episode. Men had increased risk of subsequent SH (Hazard ratio [HR] 1.38, 95% CI: 1.09-1.74); older age (>85 years) was associated with a lower risk (HR 0.72, CI 95% 0.55-0.93). Users of AD did not have an increased risk of repeat SH. Conclusions Half of older adults who self-harmed were prevalent AD users and a further one fourth started an AD within 1 year after the index SH. Antidepressant use was not associated with increased risk of subsequent SH in this high-risk cohort of older adults.

Use of antidepressants and risk of repeat self-harm in older adults 75+ with nonfatal self-harm. A 1-year prospective national study / Hedna, Khedidja; Montuori, Chiara; Forte, Alberto; Pompili, Maurizio; Waern, Margda. - In: PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY AND DRUG SAFETY. - ISSN 1053-8569. - 31:2(2022), pp. 206-213. [10.1002/pds.5375]

Use of antidepressants and risk of repeat self-harm in older adults 75+ with nonfatal self-harm. A 1-year prospective national study

Montuori, Chiara;Pompili, Maurizio;
2022

Abstract

Purpose To assess exposure to antidepressants (AD) before and after nonfatal self-harm (SH) in older adults and to examine 1-year rates and risk factors for subsequent SH. Methods Longitudinal national register-based retrospective cohort study of Swedish residents aged 75+ (N = 2775) with treatment at hospital or specialist outpatient clinic in connection with SH between January 1, 2006, and December 31, 2013. The cohort was followed for 1 year after the index episode. Exposure to AD was assessed at index and at subsequent SH. Cox regression analysis was used to assess factors associated with 1-year repeat SH. Results At the index episode, 51% were prevalent AD users; 23% started AD during the following year. Overall 12% of prevalent AD users, 8% of AD nonusers, and 6% of AD new users repeated SH or died by suicide. About two-thirds of these subsequent behaviors occurred within 3 months after the index episode. Men had increased risk of subsequent SH (Hazard ratio [HR] 1.38, 95% CI: 1.09-1.74); older age (>85 years) was associated with a lower risk (HR 0.72, CI 95% 0.55-0.93). Users of AD did not have an increased risk of repeat SH. Conclusions Half of older adults who self-harmed were prevalent AD users and a further one fourth started an AD within 1 year after the index SH. Antidepressant use was not associated with increased risk of subsequent SH in this high-risk cohort of older adults.
2022
antidepressants; older people; register-based research; repetition of self-harm; suicide
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Use of antidepressants and risk of repeat self-harm in older adults 75+ with nonfatal self-harm. A 1-year prospective national study / Hedna, Khedidja; Montuori, Chiara; Forte, Alberto; Pompili, Maurizio; Waern, Margda. - In: PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY AND DRUG SAFETY. - ISSN 1053-8569. - 31:2(2022), pp. 206-213. [10.1002/pds.5375]
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