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Prescribing patterns of low doses of antipsychotic medications in older Asian patients with schizophrenia, 2001–2009
| Content Provider | Scilit |
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| Author | Xiang, Yu-Tao Dickerson, Faith Kreyenbuhl, Julie Ungvari, Gabor S. Wang, Chuan-Yue Si, Tian-Mei Lee, Edwin H. M. He, Yan-Ling Chiu, Helen F. K. Lai, Kelly Y. C. Shinfuku, Naotaka Yang, Shu-Yu Chong, Mian-Yoon Kua, Ee-Heok Fujii, Senta Sim, Kang Yong, Michael K. H. Trivedi, Jitendra K. Chung, Eun-Kee Udomratn, Pichet Chee, Kok-Yoon Sartorius, Norman Tan, Chay-Hoon |
| Copyright Year | 2012 |
| Description | Background: This study examined the use of low doses of antipsychotic medications (300 mg/day CPZeq or less) in older Asian patients with schizophrenia and its demographic and clinical correlates.Methods: Information on hospitalized patients with schizophrenia, aged 55 years or older, was extracted from the database of the Research on Asian Psychotropic Prescription Patterns (REAP) study (2001–2009). Data on 1,452 patients in eight Asian countries and territories including China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, India, and Malaysia were analyzed. Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics and antipsychotic prescriptions were recorded using a standardized protocol and data collection procedure.Results: The prescription frequency for low doses of antipsychotic medications was 40.9% in the pooled sample. Multiple logistic regression analysis of the whole sample showed that patients on low doses of antipsychotic medications were more likely to be female, have an older age, a shorter length of illness, and less positive symptoms. Of patients in the six countries and territories that participated in all the surveys between 2001 and 2009, those in Japan were less likely to receive low doses of antipsychotics.Conclusion: Low doses of antipsychotic medications were only applied in less than half of older Asian patients with schizophrenia. |
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| Ending Page | 1008 |
| Page Count | 7 |
| Starting Page | 1002 |
| ISSN | 10416102 |
| e-ISSN | 1741203X |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1041610211002791 |
| Journal | International Psychogeriatrics |
| Issue Number | 6 |
| Volume Number | 24 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) |
| Publisher Date | 2012-06-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | International Psychogeriatrics Health Policy and Services Prescription Patterns |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Gerontology Clinical Psychology Geriatrics and Gerontology Psychiatry and Mental Health |
