TY - JOUR
T1 - All-cause mortality of hospital-treated borderline personality disorder
T2 - A nationwide cohort study
AU - Kjær, Jesper Nørgaard
AU - Biskin, Robert
AU - Vestergaard, Claus
AU - Munk-Jørgensen, Povl
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 The Guilford Press.
Copyright:
Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) are known to present frequently in emergency rooms, and they have a high rate of suicide. The mortality rate of patients with BPD is still unclear. The Danish Psychiatric Central Research Register and The Danish Register for Causes of Death were used to identify patients with a first-ever diagnosis of BPD (ICD-10: F60.31) from 1995 through 2011 together with time and cause of death. A total of 10,545 patients with a BPD diagnosis were followed for a mean time of 7.98 years. A total of 547 deaths were registered. The standardized mortality ratio of patients with BPD compared to the general population was 8.3 (95% CI [7.6, 9.1]). More than three inpatient admissions per year or a comorbid diagnosis of substance use disorder correlated with a higher mortality rate. The increased mortality rate in patients with BPD treated in secondary care emphasizes that it is a severe mental disorder.
AB - Patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) are known to present frequently in emergency rooms, and they have a high rate of suicide. The mortality rate of patients with BPD is still unclear. The Danish Psychiatric Central Research Register and The Danish Register for Causes of Death were used to identify patients with a first-ever diagnosis of BPD (ICD-10: F60.31) from 1995 through 2011 together with time and cause of death. A total of 10,545 patients with a BPD diagnosis were followed for a mean time of 7.98 years. A total of 547 deaths were registered. The standardized mortality ratio of patients with BPD compared to the general population was 8.3 (95% CI [7.6, 9.1]). More than three inpatient admissions per year or a comorbid diagnosis of substance use disorder correlated with a higher mortality rate. The increased mortality rate in patients with BPD treated in secondary care emphasizes that it is a severe mental disorder.
KW - Borderline personality disorder
KW - Epidemiology
KW - Mortality
KW - Schizophrenia
KW - Substance use disorder
KW - Suicide
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U2 - 10.1521/pedi_2018_32_403
DO - 10.1521/pedi_2018_32_403
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 30307824
AN - SCOPUS:85097105740
SN - 0885-579X
VL - 34
SP - 723
EP - 735
JO - Journal of Personality Disorders
JF - Journal of Personality Disorders
IS - 6
ER -