Psychiatric disorders in childhood cancer survivors in Denmark, Finland, and Sweden: a register-based cohort study from the SALiCCS research programme. ...

• Main Authors: Frederiksen, Line Elmerdahl, Erdmann, Friederike, Mader, Luzius, Mogensen, Hanna, Pedersen, Camilla, Kenborg, Line, Bautz, Andrea, Talbäck, Mats, Hirvonen, Elli, Nielsen, Thomas Tjørnelund, Andersen, Elisabeth Anne Wreford, Holmqvist, Anna Sällfors, Jørgensen, Ole Sylvester, Jepsen, Jens Richardt Møllegaard, Malila, Nea, Hasle, Henrik, Madanat-Harjuoja, Laura, Feychting, Maria, Winther, Jeanette Falck
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Elsevier 2021
• Subjects: 610 Medicine & health; 360 Social problems & social services; Iceland
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.48350/161716; https://boris.unibe.ch/161716/

BACKGROUND A childhood cancer diagnosis and treatment-induced somatic late effects can affect the long-term mental health of survivors. We aimed to explore whether childhood cancer survivors are at higher risk of psychiatric disorders later in life than their siblings and the general population. METHODS In this register-based cohort study (part of the Socioeconomic Consequences in Adult Life after Childhood Cancer [SALiCCS] research programme), we included 5-year survivors of childhood cancer diagnosed before 20 years of age between Jan 1, 1974 and Dec 31, 2011, in Denmark, Finland, and Sweden. In Denmark and Sweden, 94·7% of individuals were born in a Nordic country (ie, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, or Sweden); similar information was not available in Finland. Data on ethnicity were not collected. Survivors were compared with their siblings and randomly selected individuals from the general population who were matched to the survivors by year of birth, sex, and geographical region. We followed up our ...