Tardive dyskinesia among patients using antipsychotic medications in customary clinical care in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Tardive dyskinesia (TD) is a movement disorder resulting from treatment with typical and atypical antipsychotics. An estimated 16-50% of patients treated with antipsychotics have TD, but this number may be underestimated. The objectives of this study were to build an algorithm for use in electronic health records (EHRs) for the detection and characterization of TD patients, and to estimate the prevalence of TD in a population of patients exposed to antipsychotic medications.

Methods

This retrospective observational study included patients identified in the Optum EHR Database who received a new or refill prescription for an antipsychotic medication between January 2011 and December 2015 (follow-up through June 2016). TD mentions were identified in the natural langu

SUBMITTER: Loughlin AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6548364 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature