Predictors of long-acting injectable antipsychotic prescription at discharge in patients with schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders.
Int Clin Psychopharmacol
; 36(5): 251-256, 2021 09 01.
Article
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| ID: mdl-34310433
ABSTRACT
Long-acting injectable antipsychotics (LAIs) increase drug compliance and offer a reliable treatment option with stable pharmacokinetics. The aim of our study is to examine the rate and predictors of LAIs' prescription at discharge in inpatients with schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders. This retrospective study included 400 inpatients. Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of the patients, the treatments applied in the past and prescribed at discharge were obtained from the hospitalization files. We compared these characteristics of those who were given LAI treatment at discharge to the patients who were given oral treatments. Thirty-nine percent of the patients were prescribed a LAI at discharge. Duration of illness was longer, and number of previous hospitalizations was higher in the LAI group. Nonadherence to the antipsychotics before the hospitalization, the previous history of LAI use, lack of insight at the admission and no previous antidepressant use were found as independent contributors to LAI prescription as the treatment of discharge in logistic regression analysis. Our study showed that LAIs are used at a high rate in our clinic; however, they are still initiated at a later stage, mostly in chronic patients with a lack of insight and compliance at admission.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Contexto em Saúde:
11_ODS3_cobertura_universal
Problema de saúde:
11_delivery_arrangements
Assunto principal:
Alta do Paciente
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Transtornos Psicóticos
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Esquizofrenia
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Antipsicóticos
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Prescrições
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Int Clin Psychopharmacol
Assunto da revista:
PSICOFARMACOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2021
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Turquia