Causes of death among 936 elderly patients with ‘pure’ anxiety neurosis in Stockholm County, Sweden, and in patients with depressive neurosis or both diagnoses
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The survival probability and distribution of causes of death were estimated among all 255 male and 685 female inpatients with "pure" anxiety neurosis in Stockholm County between 1969 and 1986 who had survived until 71 years of age. When controlling for sex, age, time period, and catchment area, we found three determined suicides among the men (v 0.8 expected) and four suicides among the women (v 1.1 expected). The shift in the distribution of causes of death was significant in women (P = .024). There were 55 heart deaths among the men versus 46.1 expected. Among 2,331 patients with depressive neurosis and among 1,641 patients with both anxiety and depressive neuroses, suicides were more common than expected in both elderly men and women.
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Anxiety is associated with an increased risk of mortality in older adults, both from suicide and physical illness.
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- Authors
- Allgulander, C., & Lavori, P. W.
- Affiliations
- Brown University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Allgulander, Christer
- Venue
- Comprehensive Psychiatry
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1993-09
- Volume
- 34
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 299-302
- ISSN
- 0010-440X (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2084227020
- Cited by
- 56
- References
- 18
- Citations by year
- 2025: 2 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 3 · 2016: 5 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 3 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 0.50
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Comprehensive Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Cardiac Health and Mental Health
- Keywords
- anxiety neurosis, depressive neurosis, causes of death, suicide, elderly patients, survival probability, heart disease mortality, sex differences, hospitalized patients
- MeSH terms
- Aged, Anxiety Disorders, Cardiovascular Diseases, Cause of Death, Depressive Disorder, Female, Humans, Male, Risk Factors, Sex Factors, Stress, Psychological, Suicide, Sweden
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