Open AccessStandardized Mortality Ratio in Patients with Schizophrenia - Findings from Thirthahalli: A Rural South Indian Community
Author(s) -
Virupakshappa Irappa Bagewadi,
C. Naveen Kumar,
Jagadisha Thirthalli,
Girish N Rao,
Kudumallige K Suresha,
B. N. Gangadhar
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of psychological medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 0975-1564
pISSN - 0253-7176
DOI - 10.4103/0253-7176.183083
Subject(s) - medicine , cohort , psychosocial , demography , standardized mortality ratio , population , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , cause of death , mortality rate , excess mortality , cohort study , pediatrics , psychiatry , environmental health , surgery , disease , sociology
Schizophrenia is associated with excess mortality experience than the general population. Though this is one of the important outcome measures, it has not been adequately explored especially in rural community dwelling patients in India. We describe the standardized mortality ratio (SMR) of a cohort of schizophrenia patients of Thirthahalli, one such rural taluk of South India.