Clozapine prescription pattern in patients with schizophrenia in Asia: The REAP survey (2016)
| Autor: | Eunice Najoan, Roy Abraham Kallivayalil, Thiha Swe, Chee H. Ng, Yu-Tao Xiang, H. F. K. Chiu, Afzal Javed, Bin Zhang, Norman Sartorius, Shi Wei Xu, Gabor S. Ungvari, Mian-Yoon Chong, Chay Hoon Tan, Hitoshi Iida, Lian Yu Chen, Yanling He, Shih Ku Lin, Min Dong, Shu Yu Yang, Ruzita Jamaluddin, Naotaka Shinfuku, Kang Sim, Qinge Zhang |
|---|---|
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male medicine.medical_treatment 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Asian People Japan Surveys and Questionnaires medicine Asian country Humans In patient Binary logistic regression analysis Medical prescription Practice Patterns Physicians' Antipsychotic Clozapine Biological Psychiatry Psychotropic Drugs business.industry Middle Aged medicine.disease 030227 psychiatry Hospitalization Psychiatry and Mental health Prescriptions Schizophrenia Hong Kong Treatment resistant schizophrenia Female business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Demography medicine.drug Antipsychotic Agents |
| Zdroj: | Psychiatry research. 287 |
| ISSN: | 1872-7123 |
| Popis: | Clozapine is an effective antipsychotic medication for treatment resistant schizophrenia and is widely used in Asian countries. This study investigated clozapine prescription patterns and their associated factors in Asian countries and territories based on the database of the Research on Asian Psychotropic prescription study (REAP) conducted in 2016. Demographic and clinical information of 3744 schizophrenia patients in 15 Asian countries and territories was collected with a standardized data collection form. In total, 18.4% of the sample received clozapine, ranging from 2.6% in Japan to 32.3% in Hong Kong. Binary logistic regression analysis revealed that higher antipsychotic dose (OR = 1.002, P |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
| Externí odkaz: |
|
Full Text from ScienceDirect