TY - JOUR
T1 - The epidemiology of self-harm in a UK-wide primary care patient cohort, 2001-2013.
AU - Carr, Matthew
AU - Ashcroft, Darren M
AU - Kontopantelis, Evangelos
AU - Awenat, Yvonne
AU - Cooper, Jayne
AU - Chew-Graham, Carolyn
AU - Kapur, Navneet
AU - Webb, Roger T
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - BACKGROUND: Most of the research conducted on people who harm themselves has been undertaken in secondary healthcare settings. Little is known about the frequency of self-harm in primary care patient populations. This is the first study to describe the epidemiology of self-harm presentations to primary care using broadly representative national data from across the United Kingdom (UK). METHODS: Using the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD), we calculated directly standardised rates of incidence and annual presentation during 2001-2013. Rates were compared by gender and age and across the nations of the UK, and also by degree of socioeconomic deprivation measured ecologically at general practice level. RESULTS: We found significantly elevated rates in females vs. males for incidence (rate ratio - RR, 1.45, 95 % confidence interval - CI, 1.42-1.47) and for annual presentation (RR 1.56, CI 1.54-1.58). An increasing trend over time in incidence was apparent for males (P
AB - BACKGROUND: Most of the research conducted on people who harm themselves has been undertaken in secondary healthcare settings. Little is known about the frequency of self-harm in primary care patient populations. This is the first study to describe the epidemiology of self-harm presentations to primary care using broadly representative national data from across the United Kingdom (UK). METHODS: Using the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD), we calculated directly standardised rates of incidence and annual presentation during 2001-2013. Rates were compared by gender and age and across the nations of the UK, and also by degree of socioeconomic deprivation measured ecologically at general practice level. RESULTS: We found significantly elevated rates in females vs. males for incidence (rate ratio - RR, 1.45, 95 % confidence interval - CI, 1.42-1.47) and for annual presentation (RR 1.56, CI 1.54-1.58). An increasing trend over time in incidence was apparent for males (P
U2 - 10.1186/s12888-016-0753-5
DO - 10.1186/s12888-016-0753-5
M3 - Article
C2 - 26923884
VL - 16
JO - BMC Psychiatry
JF - BMC Psychiatry
SN - 1471-244X
IS - 1
ER -