Evaluation of Use Patterns of Psychotropic Drugs in an Italian Geriatric Hospital
作者:
G. Magni,
F. Schifano,
D. De Leo,
G. De Dominicis,
V. Renesto,
S. Vianello,
期刊:
Neuropsychobiology
(Karger Available online 1985)
卷期:
Volume 13,
issue 1-2
页码: 38-43
ISSN:0302-282X
年代: 1985
DOI:10.1159/000118160
出版商: S. Karger AG
关键词: Psychotropic drugs;Geriatric hospital;use patterns of psychotropic drugs
数据来源: Karger
摘要:
This study is a survery of psychotropic drug use patterns among 934 elderly patients admitted to the Padua Geriatric Hospital. 34% of the patients took psychotropic drugs during their stay in hospital. The drugs most commonly used are anxiolytics and hypnotics of the benzodiazepine class. Women subjects living alone, and to a lesser extent those suffering from particular disorders, as of the central nervous system and the musculoskeletal apparatus, seem to be at higher risk in the use of psychotropic drugs. Moreover, the results show that psychotropic drugs are prescribed during the stay in hospital and even on discharge to a high percentage of subjects who did not use such drugs before admission to the hospital.
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