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The Bone & Joint Journal
Vol. 100-B, Issue 6 | Pages 780 - 786
1 Jun 2018
Chang C Lai EC Yeh M

Aims

A high rate of suicide has been reported in patients who sustain fractures, but the association remains uncertain in the context of other factors. The aim of this study was to examine the association between fractures and the risk of suicide in this contextual setting.

Patients and Methods

We performed a case-control study of patients aged 40 years or older who died by suicide between 2000 and 2011. We included patients’ demographics, physical and mental health problems, and socioeconomic factors. We performed conditional logistic regression to evaluate the associations between fractures and the risk of suicide.