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    Small area variations in non-affective first-episode psychosis: the role of socioeconomic and environmental factors
    (Springer, 2023) Gutiérrez, Gerardo; Goicoa Mangado, Tomás; Ugarte Martínez, María Dolores; Aranguren Conde, Lidia; Corrales, Asier; Gil Berrozpe, Gustavo José; Librero, Julián; Sánchez Torres, Ana María; Peralta Martín, Víctor; García de Jalón, Elena; Cuesta, Manuel J.; Martínez, Matilde; Otero, María; Azcárate, Leire; Pereda, Nahia; Monclús, Fernando; Moreno, Laura; Fernández, Alba; Ariz, Mari Cruz; Sabaté, Alba; Aquerreta, Ainhoa; Aguirre, Izaskun; Lizarbe, Tadea; Begué, María José; Estadística, Informática y Matemáticas; Estatistika, Informatika eta Matematika; Institute for Advanced Materials and Mathematics - INAMAT2
    Background: There is strong evidence supporting the association between environmental factors and increased risk of non-affective psychotic disorders. However, the use of sound statistical methods to account for spatial variations associated with environmental risk factors, such as urbanicity, migration, or deprivation, is scarce in the literature. Methods: We studied the geographical distribution of non-affective first-episode psychosis (NA-FEP) in a northern region of Spain (Navarra) during a 54-month period considering area-level socioeconomic indicators as putative explanatory variables. We used several Bayesian hierarchical Poisson models to smooth the standardized incidence ratios (SIR). We included neighborhood-level variables in the spatial models as covariates. Results: We identified 430 NA-FEP cases over a 54-month period for a population at risk of 365,213 inhabitants per year. NA-FEP incidence risks showed spatial patterning and a significant ecological association with the migrant population, unemployment, and consumption of anxiolytics and antidepressants. The high-risk areas corresponded mostly to peripheral urban regions; very few basic health sectors of rural areas emerged as high-risk areas in the spatial models with covariates. Discussion: Increased rates of unemployment, the migrant population, and consumption of anxiolytics and antidepressants showed significant associations linked to the spatial-geographic incidence of NA-FEP. These results may allow targeting geographical areas to provide preventive interventions that potentially address modifiable environmental risk factors for NA-FEP. Further investigation is needed to understand the mechanisms underlying the associations between environmental risk factors and the incidence of NA-FEP.