Assessment of the Risk of Antipsychotics in Patients with Dementia in Actual Clinical Practice in Primary Health Care
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González López, María del Carmen; García Ramón, María José; Nievas-Soriano, Bruno José; Parrón Carreño, TesifónDate
2021-09-29Abstract
Behavioral and psychological symptoms are almost universal in elderly patients with dementia. Antipsychotic drugs can be used but only in specific contexts as they can generate severe adverse effects. The main aim of this research was to evaluate the use of antipsychotic drugs in patients with accompanying treatment for dementia in actual clinical practice in primary health care. We further sought to analyze risk variables and factors associated and to acknowledge how sociodemographic and clinical factors weighed on adverse effects’ occurrence. A multicentric cross-sectional descriptive study was performed in three provinces of Spain. Stratified random sampling was performed to select 332 patients. Clinical data from their digital medical records were collected by their family doctors. The Global risk defined if the patients were subjected to risk. Univariate, bivariate, and multivariate analyses were performed. The most used antipsychotics were quetiapine (65.5%), haloperidol (21.75%)...
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antipsychotic
dementia
elderl
primary health care
actual clinical practice