The risk of acute infection in association with first ever diagnosed depression: a cohort study
Our results suggest that patients with diagnosed depression are not at a meaningfully increased risk of acute infections compared to patients with no diagnosed depression. Slightly increased overall relative risks of infections can be explained by residual differences in health care utilization and by the severity of comorbidities.
Authors
- Undine E. Lang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3585-6533)
- Susan S. Jick (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2215-1067)
- Julia Spoendlin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1632-1928)
- Christoph Meier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7120-6378)
- Noah Aebi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-6723-300X)
Institutions
- Boston University (US)
- University of Basel (CH)
- University Hospital of Basel (CH)
- Boston Collaborative Drug Surveillance Program (US)
- Universitäre Psychiatrische Kliniken Basel (CH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
- Published
- 2024-11-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-024-02784-1
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.29
Funders
- Universität Basel