Drug-naive first-episode schizophrenia spectrum disorders: Pharmacological treatment practices in inpatient units in Hunan Province, China.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

This study describes antipsychotic prescription patterns for drug-naïve inpatients diagnosed with first-episode schizophrenia-spectrum (FES) disorders and factors associated with practices deviating from China's current guidelines.

Methods

All inpatients aged 7 to 45 years experiencing a first episode of schizophrenia-spectrum disorder with a duration of untreated illness of less than 18 months and admitted between 1 August 2016 and 1 August 2017 to one of eight psychiatric hospitals in Hunan were included. Demographics, clinical characteristics and prescriptions at discharge were collected from electronic medical records. Logistic regression and random forest methods were used to model relationships between demographic and clinical factors and deviations from China's gu

SUBMITTER: Zhu M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8359180 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature