Patterns of Daily Administration of Psychoactive Drug Classes for Distress Behavior in Dementia.

Key Points

• Examine the patterns of administration of psychoactive drugs and their relation to distress behaviors in dementia.
• Analyzed medication administration patterns across different psychoactive drug classes.
• Identified links between the use of various drug classes.
• Assessed early signs of distress behavior for targeted interventions.
• Patterns of psychoactive medication administration varied among different drug classes.
• There were observable links across different classes of psychoactive drugs.
• Efforts to reduce prescriptions must consider the interplay between these medication classes.