Analysis of the time to re-hospitalization of patients with schizophrenia via Cox proportional hazard model

Analysis of the time to re-hospitalization of patients with schizophrenia via Cox proportional hazard model

Authors

  • Marcia Araujo Maia Departamento de Estatística Universidade de Brasília (UnB)
  • Eduardo Yoshio Nakano Departamento de Estatística Universidade de Brasília (UnB)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5433/1679-0375.2016v37n2p51

Keywords:

Survival analysis, censored data, antipsychotics, medications

Abstract

The aim of this work was to obtain a model that estimates the time to re-hospitalization of patients with schizophrenia treated by several types of antipsychotics. This kind of information is very important because it can be used as a measure of effectiveness of the medication, therefore it can help the psychiatrist in choosing the best treatment to be used. The analysis examined a sample of 132 patients with schizophrenia and was performed using the Cox proportional hazard model. All analysis where performed by the free software R.

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Published

2016-08-16

How to Cite

Maia, M. A., & Nakano, E. Y. (2016). Analysis of the time to re-hospitalization of patients with schizophrenia via Cox proportional hazard model. Semina: Ciências Exatas E Tecnológicas, 37(2), 51–58. https://doi.org/10.5433/1679-0375.2016v37n2p51

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