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The effect of schizophrenia on length of in-hospital stay and major adverse cardiac events following acute coronary syndrome in Denmark

Attar, Rubina LU orcid ; Valentin, J B ; Aagaard, J and Jensen, S E (2018) In European Heart Journal 39(1).
Abstract
Background: The relationship between schizophrenia and acute coronary syndrome (ACS) has already been established. This study aims to investigate the difference in length of in-hospital stay (LoS) between a population with schizophrenia and a psychiatric healthy control (PHC) population following admission for a first ACS.

Methods: Data for this retrospective study was collected from three nationwide databases in Denmark; The Danish Civil Registration System, the National Patient register and the Danish Psychiatric Central Register. Patients diagnosed with a first ACS (unstable angina ICD-10 I20.0, NSTEMI ICD-10 I21.4 and STEMI ICD-10 I21.0-I21.3) between 2000–2014 were identified and screened for an additional diagnosis of narrow... (More)
Background: The relationship between schizophrenia and acute coronary syndrome (ACS) has already been established. This study aims to investigate the difference in length of in-hospital stay (LoS) between a population with schizophrenia and a psychiatric healthy control (PHC) population following admission for a first ACS.

Methods: Data for this retrospective study was collected from three nationwide databases in Denmark; The Danish Civil Registration System, the National Patient register and the Danish Psychiatric Central Register. Patients diagnosed with a first ACS (unstable angina ICD-10 I20.0, NSTEMI ICD-10 I21.4 and STEMI ICD-10 I21.0-I21.3) between 2000–2014 were identified and screened for an additional diagnosis of narrow spectrum schizophrenia ICD-10 F20. The patients were matched 1:2 to a PHC population on gender, age and year of first ACS diagnosis. The LoS, as well as the effect of schizophrenia on major adverse cardiac events (MACE: stroke, reinfarction and all-cause mortality) was investigated using cox regression analyses.

Results: A total of 1,572 patients were analysed (schizophrenia: n=524), 65.27% of the population were males and the mean age was 61.13 years. There was no difference in LoS (p>0.05) between the populations. Patients with schizophrenia had a higher prevalence of cardiac risk factors such as anemia and diabetes mellitus. Having schizophrenia had a significant effect on stroke (HR 1.47, 95% CI: 1.29–1.68)) and all-cause mortality rates (HR 2.69, 95% CI: 2.25–3.20). The results for the individual ACS diagnoses can be found in Table 1. (Less)
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acute coronary syndromes, cardiac event, schizophrenia
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European Heart Journal
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39
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Oxford University Press
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1522-9645
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10.1093/eurheartj/ehy563.P4431
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  abstract     = {{Background: The relationship between schizophrenia and acute coronary syndrome (ACS) has already been established. This study aims to investigate the difference in length of in-hospital stay (LoS) between a population with schizophrenia and a psychiatric healthy control (PHC) population following admission for a first ACS.<br>
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Methods: Data for this retrospective study was collected from three nationwide databases in Denmark; The Danish Civil Registration System, the National Patient register and the Danish Psychiatric Central Register. Patients diagnosed with a first ACS (unstable angina ICD-10 I20.0, NSTEMI ICD-10 I21.4 and STEMI ICD-10 I21.0-I21.3) between 2000–2014 were identified and screened for an additional diagnosis of narrow spectrum schizophrenia ICD-10 F20. The patients were matched 1:2 to a PHC population on gender, age and year of first ACS diagnosis. The LoS, as well as the effect of schizophrenia on major adverse cardiac events (MACE: stroke, reinfarction and all-cause mortality) was investigated using cox regression analyses.<br>
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Results: A total of 1,572 patients were analysed (schizophrenia: n=524), 65.27% of the population were males and the mean age was 61.13 years. There was no difference in LoS (p&gt;0.05) between the populations. Patients with schizophrenia had a higher prevalence of cardiac risk factors such as anemia and diabetes mellitus. Having schizophrenia had a significant effect on stroke (HR 1.47, 95% CI: 1.29–1.68)) and all-cause mortality rates (HR 2.69, 95% CI: 2.25–3.20). The results for the individual ACS diagnoses can be found in Table 1.}},
  author       = {{Attar, Rubina and Valentin, J B and Aagaard, J and Jensen, S E}},
  issn         = {{1522-9645}},
  keywords     = {{acute coronary syndromes; cardiac event; schizophrenia}},
  language     = {{eng}},
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  publisher    = {{Oxford University Press}},
  series       = {{European Heart Journal}},
  title        = {{The effect of schizophrenia on length of in-hospital stay and major adverse cardiac events following acute coronary syndrome in Denmark}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehy563.P4431}},
  doi          = {{10.1093/eurheartj/ehy563.P4431}},
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