Post-discharge use of antipsychotics in patients with hospital-acquired delirium and associated risk of mortality - A population-based nested case-control study.

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate post-discharge use of antipsychotics in patients with incident hospital-acquired delirium and the associated risk of mortality. METHODS: We conducted a nested case-control study for patients newly diagnosed with hospital-acquired delirium and subsequently discharged from hospital using Taiwan's National Health Insurance Database (NHID) from 2011 to 2018. RESULTS: The use of antipsychotics after discharge did not increase the risk of mortality (adjusted OR 1·03; 95% CI 0·98-1·09). CONCLUSIONS: The findings suggested that using antipsychotics after discharge in patients with hospital-acquired delirium may not increase the risk of mortality.