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  • Title: [Consumption of psychotropic drugs by the aged].
    Author: García Fernández JJ, González Pérez C, Martín Sánchez MD, Sánchez Baragaño MA, Bernardo Vega J, Menéndez Rodríguez MA.
    Journal: Rev Sanid Hig Publica (Madr); 1994; 68(2):303-10. PubMed ID: 7716419.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND: The medical prescription increase for psychotropic drugs, and particularly by elderly, are the facts that have motivated this study: 1) elderly psychotropic consumption assessment, 2) identify risk factors consumption. METHODS: Descriptive and cross-sectional survey from individual questionnaires. RESULTS: The prevalence for psychotropic drugs was 24% in our sample, (72.1% women). 53.3% prescription were realized by family practitioners. 54.3% patients used them for more than three years. The biggest group consumed are the long term benzodiazepines (62.3%). CONCLUSIONS: The high prevalence, the long time of consumption, the use of long-term benzodiazepines, and the fact of that family practitioners are the main prescribers, must make us think about the pertinence and accuracy of these medical prescriptions.
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