Drug utilization study of psychotropic drugs in psychiatry out-patient department of a tertiary care hospital in Kerala: a geriatric perspective

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dc.contributor.authorS. I. D, Shaikh Ubedullaen_US
dc.contributor.authorV., Niloofaren_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-23T07:57:34Z
dc.date.available2020-04-23T07:57:34Z
dc.date.issued2019-08
dc.description.abstractBackground: Geriatrics tend to be the largest consumers of prescribed drugs exposing them to various drug interactions and adverse drug reactions. Present study is an attempt to assess the drug utilization pattern of psychotropic drugs among the geriatrics in psychiatry out-patient department (OPD) of a tertiary care hospital in Kerala.Methods: Prescriptions of patients diagnosed with psychiatric illness and being prescribed at least one psychotropic drug were collected. Prescriptions of male and female patients of age more than 60 years were sorted and analysed separately according to WHO core prescribing indicators.Results: 18% prescriptions were of geriatric population. Depressive disorders (38.89%) were the most common psychiatric disorder encountered. Out of 291 drugs prescribed in geriatrics, 237(81.44%) drugs were psychotropic drugs. Among the total psychotropic drugs prescribed, antipsychotics (39.24%) were the most commonly prescribed class of drugs. Average number of psychotropic drugs per prescription was 2.19, drugs prescribed by generic name were 2.06% and the drugs prescribed from NLEM (2015) were 41.77%. 86.11% of prescriptions contained more than one drug and 33.33% of prescriptions contained FDCs.Conclusions: Prescription analysis using WHO prescribing indicators showed some deviations from the standard which can be improved. A trend of polypharmacy was noted in this study. Prescribing using generic name and prescribing from NLEM was low as compared to the other reference studies. Proper strategies taken to overcome the inadequacies pointed out by this study can ensure the rational use of medicines.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Pharmacology, KMCT Medical College, Calicut, Kerala, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Global Development, Novo Nordisk, Bangalore, Karnataka, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.citationS. I. D Shaikh Ubedulla, V. Niloofar. Drug utilization study of psychotropic drugs in psychiatry out-patient department of a tertiary care hospital in Kerala: a geriatric perspective. International Journal of Basic & Clinical Pharmacology. 2019 Aug; 8(8): 1788-1792en_US
dc.identifier.issn2319-2003
dc.identifier.issn2279-0780
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/200283
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherMedip Academyen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber8en_US
dc.relation.volume8en_US
dc.source.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2319-2003.ijbcp20193179en_US
dc.subjectDrug utilizationen_US
dc.subjectGeriatricsen_US
dc.subjectPsychotropic drugsen_US
dc.subjectWHO prescribing indicators.en_US
dc.titleDrug utilization study of psychotropic drugs in psychiatry out-patient department of a tertiary care hospital in Kerala: a geriatric perspectiveen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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