Prevalence, trends, and individual patterns of long-term antidepressant medication use in the adult Swiss general population.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Antidepressant use has increased in many European countries, mostly driven by longer treatment duration. The aim of this study was to provide prevalence rates of long-term users of antidepressants for the Swiss population over the last decade and to investigate associated factors for longer use.

Methods

We examined the prevalence rates of individuals with at least one prescription for antidepressants using longitudinal health claims data for 2013 to 2021. We defined short- (< one year), medium- (one-two years), and long-term users (> two years) for 2015 to 2019. We applied a binary logistic regression model to investigate the effects of population (gender, age, area of living, language, health insurance plan, and nursing home) and treatment characteristics (psychiatr

SUBMITTER: Amrein MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10618304 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature