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Table 2 Proportions of patients presenting in each RtD according to pre-existing psychiatric disorders and subgroups with 95% CI (n = 155,851)

From: Routes to cancer diagnosis for patients with pre-existing psychiatric disorders: a nationwide register-based cohort study

 

Routes to Diagnosis

 

DCO

Screening

CPP – primary care

CPP – secondary care

Unplanned admission

Elective – other

Outpatient – other

Unknown

 

%

95% CI

%

95% CI

%

95% CI

%

95% CI

%

95% CI

%

95% CI

%

95% CI

%

95% CI

Psychiatric disorders (any)

 No (n = 127,702)

0.3

(0.3–0.3)

7.9

(7.8–8.1)

45.7

(45.3–45.9)

18.7

(18.5–19.0)

14.2

(14.0–14.4)

1.1

(1.0–1.2)

7.0

(6.9–7.1)

5.0

(4.9–5.1)

 Yes (n = 28,149a)

1.5

(1.4–1.6)

6.1

(5.9–6.4)

37.7

(37.1–38.3)

20.6

(20.1–21.0)

21.8

(21.3–22.2)

1.4

(1.3–1.5)

6.5

(6.2–6.8)

4.4

(4.2–4.7)

Mood disorders

 Yes (n = 4078)

1.4

(1.1–1.8)

6.6

(5.9–7.4)

36.2

(34.7–37.7)

19.7

(18.5–20.9)

23.2

(21.9–24.5)

1.6

(1.3–2.0)

7.0

(6.3–7.8)

4.4

(3.8–5.1)

Anxiety disorders

 Yes(n = 1258)

4.4

(3.4–5.6)

7.5

(6.1–9.1)

33.7

(31.1–36.3)

18.5

(16.5–20.8)

23.1

(20.8–25.5)

1.7

(1.1–2.5)

6.3

(5.1–7.8)

4.9

(3.9–6.3)

Stress disorders

 Yes (n = 1815)

0.8

(0.5–1.4)

7.9

(6.8–9.3)

39.3

(37.1–41.6)

21.7

(20.0–23.7)

18.3

(16.6–20.1)

2.1

(1.6–2.9)

6.1

(5.1–7.3)

3.6

(2.9–4.6)

Substance use disorders

 Yes (n = 6558)

0.9

(0.7–1.2)

5.4

(5.0–6.0)

35.0

(33.8–36.2)

21.5

(20.5–22.5)

25.8

(24.7–26.8)

1.5

(1.2–1.8)

5.7

(5.2–6.3)

4.2

(3.7–4.7)

Schizophrenia and psychotic disorders

 Yes (n = 985)

1.4

(0.8–2.4)

6.1

(4.8–7.8)

32.8

(30.0–35.8)

20.5

(18.1–23.1)

26.0

(23.3–28.8)

1.2

(0.7–2.1)

6.5

(5.1–8.2)

5.5

(4.2–8.2)

Organic disorders

 Yes (n = 3102)

3.4

(2.8–4.0)

1.7

(1.3–2.2)

31.9

(30.2–33.5)

17.7

(16.4–19.1)

31.5

(29.1–33.2)

1.5

(1.0–1.9)

7.2

(6.3–8.2)

5.2

(4.5–6.1)

Prescription-based mental disorders

 Yes (n = 14,459)

1.2

(1.1–1.5)

6.7

(6.3–7.1)

40.2

(39.4–41.0)

20.8

(20.2–21.5)

18.8

(18.2–19.4)

1.2

(1.1–1.4)

6.6

(6.2–7.0)

4.4

(4.0–4.7)

  1. Abbreviations: CI confidence interval, CPP cancer patient pathway, DCO death certificate only
  2. acomprises persons with at least one of the included diagnoses for up to 5 years prior to the cancer diagnosis or at least two prescriptions of medication to treat psychiatric disorders during 1 year prior to the cancer diagnosis. As some persons were registered with several diagnosis, the cumulative addition of the subgroups exceed the total number of persons with pre-existing psychiatric disorders