The longitudinal patterns of psychotropic drug prescriptions for subpopulations of community-dwelling older people with dementia: electronic health records based retrospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Studies focusing on patterns of psychotropic drug prescriptions (PDPs) for subpopulations of community-dwelling older people with dementia are lacking.

Objective

The aim of this study was to identify the longitudinal patterns of PDPs in subpopulations.

Methods

This retrospective study used electronic health records from general practitioners (GPs) in the Netherlands. People (N = 1278) firstly diagnosed with dementia between 2013 and 2015, aged 65 years or older, were selected and categorized into four subpopulations: community-dwelling (CD) group throughout follow-up, ultimately admitted to nursing homes (NH) group, ultimately died (DIE) group, and ultimately deregistered for unclear reasons (DeR) group. Generalised estimating equations were used to estimat

SUBMITTER: Du J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10009999 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature