Pattern of treatment of behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia and pain: evidence on pharmacoutilization from a large real-world sample and from a centre for cognitive disturbances and dementia.
Damiana ScuteriMarilù VulneraBrunella PiroRoberto Bruno BossioLuigi Antonio MorroneGiorgio SandriniStefano TamburinPaolo ToninGiacinto BagettaMaria Tiziana CorasanitiPublished in: European journal of clinical pharmacology (2020)
This 2-year period study, including a wide cohort of community demented patients, shows that dementia is diagnosed late and that prevalence of BPSD prescriptions is high and not impacted by adherence to anti-dementia drugs. The rate of prescription of potentially harmful antipsychotics and antidepressants appears to be high though whether the concomitantly observed limited prescription of analgesics might be a contributing factor needs to be further investigated. Our data support the development of strategies to improve the management of BPSD.
Keyphrases
- mild cognitive impairment
- cognitive impairment
- end stage renal disease
- newly diagnosed
- healthcare
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- chronic pain
- mental health
- type diabetes
- prognostic factors
- major depressive disorder
- neuropathic pain
- bipolar disorder
- spinal cord injury
- adipose tissue
- artificial intelligence
- skeletal muscle
- spinal cord
- depressive symptoms
- atomic force microscopy
- replacement therapy