Analysis of Antidepressants Utilization for Patients Visiting Psychiatric Out-Patient Clinic in a Tertiary Care Hospital

Depression is a prevalent mental health condition treated with antidepressants and other psychotropic medications. This study aimed to assess the utilization pattern of antidepressants among patients visiting the outpatient clinic of the psychiatry department of a tertiary care hospital. The study i...

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Published in:Healthcare (Basel) 2022-10, Vol.10 (10), p.2081
Main Authors: Mehdi, Seema, Manohar, Kishor, Shariff, Atiqulla, Wani, Shahid Ud Din, Almuqbil, Mansour, Alshehri, Sultan, Shakeel, Faiyaz, Imam, Mohammad T, Krishna, Kamsagara L
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Language:English
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Alzheimer's disease
Antidepressants
Comorbidity
depression
Dosage and administration
Drug dosages
Drug therapy
Drug use
drug utilization
Drugs
Mental depression
Mental disorders
Mental health
Outpatients
Patients
Prescribing
Prescription drugs
prescription pattern
Psychiatric hospital care
Psychiatric hospitals
Psychosis
Psychotropic drugs
Socioeconomic factors
Statistics
Trends
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Summary:Depression is a prevalent mental health condition treated with antidepressants and other psychotropic medications. This study aimed to assess the utilization pattern of antidepressants among patients visiting the outpatient clinic of the psychiatry department of a tertiary care hospital. The study included the patients who visited the study site and fulfilled the mental and behavioral diagnostic criteria for depression. The demographic and clinical details, including drugs prescribed, were documented in a study-specific data collection form. The ratio of Prescribed Daily Dose to Defined Daily Dose (PDD: DDD) was calculated to assess the adequacy of antidepressant utilization. Data total of 154 patients were collected. A total of 22 psychotropic drugs were used among the study patients as mono (n = 70), dual (n = 69), triple (n = 10), or quadruple therapy (n = 1). Escitalopram was the most often prescribed antidepressant out of the nine antidepressants alone and in combination and was used in slightly high doses (PDD: DDD ratio 1.6). Sertraline, paroxetine, and desvenlafaxine, were used in adequate doses (PDD: DDD between 1 and 1.1), and fluoxetine, duloxetine, amitriptyline, imipramine, and mirtazapine, were used in inadequate doses (PDD: DDD
ISSN:2227-9032
2227-9032
DOI:10.3390/healthcare10102081