Predictors of mortality in atypical antipsychotic-treated community-dwelling elderly patients with behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia: a prospective population-based cohort study from Italy

Purpose To evaluate the effect of a broad range of covariates on the survival of a real-life long-term follow-up cohort of community-dwelling patients with behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia who were new users of atypical antipsychotic medications (APMs).