Open Access<p>Drug-Induced Movement Disorders and Its Associated Factors Among Patients Attending Treatment at Public Hospitals in Eastern Ethiopia</p>
Author(s) -
Tadesse Misgana,
Niguse Yigzaw,
Getachew Asfaw
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
neuropsychiatric disease and treatment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1178-2021
pISSN - 1176-6328
DOI - 10.2147/ndt.s261272
Subject(s) - tardive dyskinesia , akathisia , medicine , movement disorders , parkinsonism , antipsychotic , psychiatry , drug , dyskinesia , logistic regression , pediatrics , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , disease , parkinson's disease
Antipsychotic medications have both beneficial and undesired effects at a dose used for treatment purposes. Among undesired effects caused by antipsychotics, movement disorders are prevalent. However, there is no study done to determine the prevalence of movement disorders that occurred due to antipsychotics and their determinants in eastern Ethiopia.