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Erschienen in: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 9/2007

01.09.2007 | ORIGINAL PAPER

Cancer in people with depression or anxiety: record-linkage study

verfasst von: Prof. Michael J. Goldacre, Clare J. Wotton, David Yeates, Valerie Seagroatt, Prof. Jonathan Flint

Erschienen in: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology | Ausgabe 9/2007

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Abstract

Background

It has been suggested that the risk of cancer may be higher in people with psychological disorders, like depression and anxiety, than in the general population.

Aims

To determine cancer risk in cohorts of people with depression or anxiety, compared with that in a control cohort.

Method

Analysis of linked statistical records of hospital admission and mortality.

Results

Lung cancer was more common in those with depression (risk ratio 1.36, 95% confidence intervals 1.19–1.54) or anxiety (1.29, 1.12–1.48) than in others. Excluding lung cancer, the risk ratio for all other cancers combined was 0.98 (0.92–1.04) in the depression cohort and 1.01 (0.95–1.07) in the anxiety cohort. There was a significant association, in the short-term only, between depression, anxiety and the subsequent diagnosis of brain tumours.

Conclusions

With the exception of lung and brain tumours, cancer risk was not increased in people with depression or anxiety.
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Metadaten
Titel
Cancer in people with depression or anxiety: record-linkage study
verfasst von
Prof. Michael J. Goldacre
Clare J. Wotton
David Yeates
Valerie Seagroatt
Prof. Jonathan Flint
Publikationsdatum
01.09.2007
Verlag
D. Steinkopff-Verlag
Erschienen in
Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology / Ausgabe 9/2007
Print ISSN: 0933-7954
Elektronische ISSN: 1433-9285
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-007-0211-2

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