Psychotropic Drug Use and Associated Factors Among Acutely Admitted Older People: A Cross-Sectional Study of a Clinical Sample

Older people are on average more susceptible to the adverse effects of psychotropic drugs, but addressing older people as a homogenous group based on age alone can be misleading when exploring psychotropic drug use. This study aimed to describe psychotropic drug use and associated factors among community-dwelling older people who had been acutely admitted to hospital.