Psychotropic drugs and risk of burn injury in individuals with mental illness: a 10-year population-based case-control study.

Purpose: We aimed to investigate the association between psychotropic treatment and risk of burn injury in individuals with mental illness.

Methods: A nested case-control study was conducted by using the National Health Insurance Research Database in Taiwan. A total of 3187 cases with burn injury under International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) codes 940-949 and 19 122 matched controls were identified from 2003 to 2012.

Utilization of Psychopharmacological Treatment Among Patients With Newly Diagnosed Bipolar Disorder From 2001 to 2010.

Objective: The aim of the study was to examine utilization and patterns of psychopharmacological treatment during a 1-year follow-up period among patients with newly diagnosed bipolar disorder from 2001 to 2010.

Methods: Patients with newly diagnosed bipolar disorder from 2001 to 2010 were identified from the National Health Insurance Research Database in Taiwan. We assessed prescription records related to 4 kinds of psychopharmacological medication, including antipsychotics (APs), antidepressants, mood stabilizers, and benzodiazepines, as well as health care utilization in a 1-year follow-up period among the study subjects.

Validity and clinical utilization of the Chinese version of the Gotland Male Depression Scale at a men's health polyclinic.

Introduction: Symptoms of depression in males, such as aggression and irritability, are different from those in females. However, there are no adequate scales for detecting possible diagnoses in the Chinese population. The aim of this study was to assess whether the Chinese version of the Gotland Male Depression Scale (CV-GMDS) could identify male depression as effectively as the English version.

Increased risk of developing dementia in patients with bipolar disorder: a nested matched case-control study.

Objective: The association between bipolar disorder and subsequent dementia risk is not well established. The objective of this study was to investigate whether patients with bipolar disorder were at an increased risk for developing dementia.

Methods: A conditional logistic regression model was performed using data from the National Health Insurance Research Database, a nationwide dataset in Taiwan.

Factors influencing weight gain in an Asian population of psychiatric inpatients: a retrospective study in Taiwan.

Introduction: The aim of this study was to investigate the factors associated with weight gain by psychiatric inpatients in short-term treatment.

Methods: A total of 378 medical records were reviewed, and sociodemographic, clinical, and baseline biochemical data from 221 psychiatric inpatients were analyzed.

Results: Evaluation of baseline characteristics indicated that the following were significant predictors of weight gain: Axis I diagnosis, treatment with second-generation antipsychotics and mood stabilizers, length of stay, admission body weight, low-density lipoprotein value, triglyceride level, and triglyceride/high-density lipoprotein ratio.

Psychotropic drugs and risk of motor vehicle accidents: a population-based case-control study.

Aim: To examine comprehensively the relationship between exposure to four classes of psychotropic drugs including antipsychotics, antidepressants, benzodiazepines (BZDs) and Z-drugs, and motor vehicle accidents (MVAs).

Method: The authors conducted a matched case-control study of 5183 subjects with MVAs and 31 093 matched controls, identified from the claims records of outpatient service visits during the period from 2000 to 2009. Inclusion criteria were defined as subjects aged equal to or more than 18 years and involved in MVAs.

The impact of depression on self-care activities and health care utilization among people with diabetes in Taiwan.

Using cross-sectional analyses of a nationally representative community sample (n=1260), we found that in people with diabetes, depression was associated with lower rates of reducing or quitting smoking and alcohol, less exercise, less regular lifestyle, but more health care utilization and a higher rate of foot care.

Association of body mass index and depressive symptoms in a Chinese community population: results from the Health Promotion Knowledge, Attitudes, and Performance Survey in Taiwan.

Background: The association between obesity and depression remains equivocal. The aims of this study were to examine the association between body mass index (BMI) and depressive symptoms in the Chinese adult population.

Methods: In this study, data from the Health Promotion Knowledge, Attitudes, and Performance Survey, conducted in 2002 among 20,385 Taiwanese adults (aged 18-64 years), were used.

Complaint of insomnia as a predictor of aging symptoms in males at a men's health clinic.

Introduction: Issues of men's health have been greatly researched by scholars in recent decades. At men's health clinics, many patients complain of both insomnia and aging males' symptoms (AMS). These symptoms might be influenced by biological, psychological or even social factors.

Medical conditions and medications as risk factors of falls in the inpatient older people: a case-control study.

Objective: The majority of inpatient falls are older people who have various medical conditions and are on several medications. The purpose of this study was to examine the association between medical conditions and medications and falls in older people in hospital.

Method: Using a case-control design, we selected older people (aged 65 or over) who were reported to the Taiwan Patient-Safety Reporting System for the fall incidents in a large academic hospital in 2006 (n = 165).

Transient ischemic attack and incidence of depression in old age: evidence from a population-based analysis in Taiwan.

Objectives: The association between transient ischemic attack (TIA) and depression has not been investigated previously. This study was aimed to examine the relationship between TIA and depression in old age in Taiwan.

Method: This cross-sectional analysis was performed using data from the nationwide 2002 Health Promotion Knowledge, Attitude, Performance Survey in Taiwan.