Psychotropic drug use among older people with major neurocognitive disorder: a cross-sectional study based on Swedish national registries.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

Psychotropic medications include many drugs that may be inappropriate for older individuals with cognitive impairment. In Sweden, many people become registered in the Swedish Dementia Registry when they are diagnosed with major neurocognitive disorder (NCD). In this study, we aim to describe psychotropic drug use and associated factors among older Swedish people with major NCD.

Methods

This study included 38,251 people ≥ 65 years from the Swedish registry for cognitive/dementia disorders diagnosed during 2007-2017. Drug use was defined as one or more filled prescription(s) recorded in the Swedish Prescribed Drug Register during 1 July to 31 December 2017. Associations between psychotropics and age, sex, diagnosis date, Mini-Mental State Examination score and major NCD su

SUBMITTER: Kindstedt J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8818624 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature