Why the study?
Does psychological distress increase the risk of mortality?
Does psychological distress increase the risk of mortality?
Psychological distress exhibits a dose-response association with increased mortality risk, highlighting the clinical importance of addressing even low levels of distress.
May support distress screening in routine care; extends meta-analytic evidence for dose-response mortality links across causes.
Psychological distress is associated with increased risk of mortality from several major causes in a dose-response pattern. Risk of mortality was raised even at lower levels of distress.
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