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Factors associated with drug prescribing practices in long-term care patients with cognitive impairment.


ABSTRACT: PURPOSE:To examine factors associated with prescribing anti-dementia medicines (ADM), atypical antipsychotics (A-APM), typical antipsychotics (T-APM), anxiolytics and other psychostimulants (OP) in the residents of long-term care institutions (LTCIs). METHODS:A cross-sectional survey of a country-representative sample of randomly selected LTCIs in Poland, conducted in 2015-2016. First, we identified 1035 residents with cognitive impairment (CI) among all 1587 residents. Next, we randomly selected 20 residents from each institution. Study sample consists of 455 residents with CI: 214 recruited from 11 nursing homes and 241 from 12 residential homes. We used InterRAI-LTCF questionnaire and drug dispensary cards administered on the day of data collection to assess use of drugs. Multiple correspondence analysis (MCA), descriptive and logistic regression analyses were performed. RESULTS:The residents were treated with ADM (13.4%), OP (14.3%), antipsychotics (46.4%) including A-APM (24.2%) and T-APM (27.9%), and anxiolytics (28.4%). Hydroxyzine was used most often among anxiolytics (71.3%). Prescribing of ADM was more likely in Alzheimer's disease (OR?=?4.378; 95%CI 2.173-8.823), while OP in other dementia (OR?=?1.873; 95%CI 1.007-3.485). Administration of A-APM was more likely in older residents (OR?=?1.032, 95%CI 1.009-1.055), and when delusions appeared (OR?=?2.082; 95%CI 1.199-3.613), while there were no neuropsychiatric factors increasing the odds of T-APM use. Prescribing of anxiolytics was less likely in moderate CI (by 47.2%) than in residents with mild CI. CONCLUSION:Current practices of prescribing psychotropics are inadequate in Polish LTCIs, especially in terms of use of T-APM and hydroxyzine. More attention should be given to motivate physicians to change their prescribing practices.

SUBMITTER: Kijowska V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7550298 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Factors associated with drug prescribing practices in long-term care patients with cognitive impairment.

Kijowska Violetta V   Barańska Ilona I   Szczerbińska Katarzyna K  

European geriatric medicine 20200525 5


<h4>Purpose</h4>To examine factors associated with prescribing anti-dementia medicines (ADM), atypical antipsychotics (A-APM), typical antipsychotics (T-APM), anxiolytics and other psychostimulants (OP) in the residents of long-term care institutions (LTCIs).<h4>Methods</h4>A cross-sectional survey of a country-representative sample of randomly selected LTCIs in Poland, conducted in 2015-2016. First, we identified 1035 residents with cognitive impairment (CI) among all 1587 residents. Next, we r  ...[more]

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