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Prescription Patterns Among Spanish Inpatients with Schizophrenia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2020

R. Oberguggenberger ,
N. Ruiz ,
M. Ortega ,
Y. Rendal ,
C. Roset ,
E. Lago ,
J. Salva  and
P. Herbera
R. Oberguggenberger
Affiliation:
Psychiatry, Hospital Psiquiatrico, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
N. Ruiz
Affiliation:
Psychiatry, Hospital Son Espases, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
M. Ortega
Affiliation:
Psychiatry, Hospital Son Espases, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Y. Rendal
Affiliation:
Psychiatry, Hospital Son Espases, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
C. Roset
Affiliation:
Psychiatry, Hospital Son Espases, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
E. Lago
Affiliation:
Psychiatry, Hospital Son Espases, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
J. Salva
Affiliation:
Psychiatry, Hospital Son Espases, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
P. Herbera
Affiliation:
Psychiatry, Hospital Son Espases, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Abstract

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Prescription Patterns Among Spanish Inpatients with Schizophrenia

R Oberguggenberger1,2, N Ruiz 1, M Ortega1, C Roset1, Y Rendal1, J Salva1, Lago E1, P Herbera1

1. Hospital Son Espases, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

2. Hospital Psiquiátrico. Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Objectives

Polypharmacy in patients with schizophrenia is frequent in the short term and long term treatment. Prevalence of up to 50% of polypharmacy has been shown in some clinical settings. There is scare evidence of the prevalence of polypharmacy in inpatient settings.

Methods

The goal of this retrospective study is to assess the prescription patterns of patients with schizophrenia in a Spanish inpatient setting.

Results

Records of all admissions between 2010 until 2012 in the adult ward of a public heatlh service in Palma de Mallorca will be analysed in this study.

Conclusions

The results will show current prescription patterns of patients with schizophrenia in a Spanish inpatient setting.

Type
Article: 1609
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 30 , Issue S1: Abstracts of the 23rd European Congress of Psychiatry , March 2015 , pp. 1
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2015

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