Associated factors with antipsychotic use in assisted living facilities: a cross-sectional study of 4367 residents | Zendy

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Associated factors with antipsychotic use in assisted living facilities: a cross-sectional study of 4367 residents

Author(s) -

A. Larrayadieu,

Gabor Abellán van Kan,

Antoine Piau,

Maria Soto Martin,

F. Nourhashémi,

Yves Rolland,

Bruno Vellas

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

age and ageing

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014

H-Index - 143

eISSN - 1468-2834

pISSN - 0002-0729

DOI - 10.1093/ageing/afr032

Subject(s) - medicine , medical prescription , antipsychotic , logistic regression , dementia , cross sectional study , odds ratio , psychiatry , disease , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , pharmacology , pathology

antipsychotics are widely used in assisted living (AL facilities). Even more, the prescription of these drugs is gradually increasing since the availability of second-generation atypical antipsychotics. More knowledge is needed on prescription reasons to understand this increasing prevalence.

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