Key result
Psychotropic drug use affects ~68% of hospitalized medical patients, outpacing surgical and gynecological wards.
Population
728 patients admitted to medical, gynecological, and surgical wards of two non-university general hospitals…
Design
Cross-sectional
Follow-up
during hospitalization
Authors
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High psychotropic use in general wards warrants prescribing review; cross-sectional data leave open appropriateness and outcome effects.
Cross-Sectional (n=728)
Yes
Psychotropic drugs are frequently prescribed in general hospital wards, particularly in medical wards, with psychiatric illness being a significant predictor of their use.
Wancata et al. (1998) conducted a cross-sectional in Hospitalization (n=728). Psychotropic drugs was evaluated on Prevalence of psychotropic drug use. Psychotropic drug use was prevalent among hospitalized patients, highest in medical wards (67.6%), followed by surgical (59.3%) and gynecological wards (37.8%).
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