To raise awareness for WorldMentalHealthDay, here is a systematic review and meta-analysis investigating the risk of suicide and mortality in people living with cancer WMHDay
-statistic for meta-analysis. Squares depict SMR point estimates and error bars their corresponding 95% confidence intervals.
Studies are listed by magnitude of risk estimate and weighted by their contribution to the summary risk estimate. I= 99.55%, P-heterogeneity90%; medium prognosis was defined as a 5-year survival rate of 50–90%; poor prognosis was defined as a 5-year survival rate of <50%. I= 99.00%, P-heterogeneity<0.0001. Abbreviations: SMR, standardized mortality ratio; CI, confidence interval; n, number of studies included in the analysis; cancer sites with n = 1 were not included in the analysis.
Extended Data Fig. 4 Summary forest plot of subgroup analyses of suicide in patients with cancer based on 62 studies. Abbreviations: SMR, standardized mortality ratio; CI, confidence interval; n, number of studies included in the analysis. Extended Data Fig. 5 Funnel plot of random effects meta-analysis including 62 risk estimates of suicide in cancer patients.Data presented by country, from 1950 to 2005.
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