Mortality in elderly patients with organic brain disorder enrolled on the Salford psychiatric case register
✍ Scribed by David Jolley; David Baxter
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 112 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0885-6230
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✦ Synopsis
The observed mortality of 397 elderly patients with organic brain disorder, recruited to the Salford Psychiatric Case Register between 1 January 1968 and 31 December 1975 and followed up by record linkage to 31 December 1985, was compared with expected mortality. The overall SMR was 1.91. SMRs were signi®cantly raised for all age groups beyond 65 years, being highest in the younger age-bands and declining almost linearly with age. SMRs were elevated for both men and women, during all calendar periods, for incident and prevalent cases, and throughout the whole follow-up period, being highest in the ®rst year. While social class variations may account for up to 9% of the excess deaths, marital status and ethnic dierences had little eect.