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Quality of life and mortality in elderly patients with schizophrenia: a prospective cohort study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

C. Béra Potelle ,
C.V. Cuervo Lombard ,
É. Tran ,
S. Barrière ,
J.P. Schuster ,
F. Limosin  and
Investigateurs de l’Étude CSA (Cohorte Schizophrènes Agés)
C. Béra Potelle
Affiliation:
Pôle de Psychiatrie des Adultes, Hôpital Robert Debré, Reims, France
C.V. Cuervo Lombard
Affiliation:
Pôle de Psychiatrie des Adultes, Hôpital Robert Debré, Reims, France Université Toulouse 2, Toulouse, France
É. Tran
Affiliation:
Pôle de Psychiatrie des Adultes, Hôpital Robert Debré, Reims, France
S. Barrière
Affiliation:
Pôle de Psychiatrie des Adultes, Hôpital Robert Debré, Reims, France
J.P. Schuster
Affiliation:
Service Universitaire de Psychiatrie, Hôpital Corentin Celton, Issy les Moulineaux, France
F. Limosin
Affiliation:
Service Universitaire de Psychiatrie, Hôpital Corentin Celton, Issy les Moulineaux, France

Abstract

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Introduction

The increase of elderly schizophrenia patients during the last few decades is a major health issue. Although life expectancy increased for patients with schizophrenia, there is a greater rate of the occurrence of somatic illnesses, and premature mortality remains 2 to 3 times higher in these patients than in general population.

Objectives

To prospectively assess health care access, quality of life, functional status, and rates and causes of death in a cohort of elderly schizophrenia patients.

Methods

We initiated a national epidemiologic 5-year cohort study including a large sample of schizophrenic patients aged 60 or more. The first aim was to assess the geriatric psychiatric services provided by a large sample (n = 108) of departments of psychiatry in France (n = 829). The second aim was to assess the number of elderly schizophrenia patients followed by each participating centre. Finally, we prospectively assess some demographic, clinical and biological variables, as well as quality of life indexes.

Results

The geriatric psychiatric services are heterogeneously spread in French territory. Schizophrenic patients aged 60 and more represent 15% of French public psychiatric department activity. The cohort is actually in course of constitution.

Conclusions

Our data may help to identify factors associated with increased morbidity and mortality in elderly schizophrenia.

Type
P02-234
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 26 , Issue S2: Abstracts of the 19th European Congress of Psychiatry , March 2011 , pp. 830
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2011
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