2001
DOI: 10.1007/s002280100361
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Antidepressant drug prescribing in Italy, 2000: analysis of a general practice database

Abstract: In Italy, databases have been used to monitor the prescription of medicines, but they have always provided aggregate data on drug sales and consumption. In this study, a sample of typical patients receiving antidepressants under real-world conditions was analysed to help clarify what happens in clinical practice. Databases of patients receiving antidepressants should be adopted to suggest public health priorities and generate original research hypotheses to be formally tested with experimental studies.

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“…In this study, the prevalence of antidepressant use was only one-half that reported in Italy (20%) among the elderly aged 75 years or more (Pietraru et al, 2001). The prevalence of depression in this study is in accordance with previous findings (from 2% to 20%) among the elderly (Päivärinta et al, 1999).…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 95%
“…In this study, the prevalence of antidepressant use was only one-half that reported in Italy (20%) among the elderly aged 75 years or more (Pietraru et al, 2001). The prevalence of depression in this study is in accordance with previous findings (from 2% to 20%) among the elderly (Päivärinta et al, 1999).…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 95%
“…In recent years, for example, analyses of general practice prescription databases provided stimulating insights (Rosholm et al, 2001;Pietraru et al, 2001;Barbui et al, 2003). First, these analyses showed that most antidepressant prescriptions were issued by general practitioners and not by psychiatrists; second, the use of these agents progressively rose with the increasing age, yielding very high prevalence rates in old and very old subjects.…”
Section: Populations Missed By Experimental Studiesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Diviene allora interessante caratterizzare le popolazioni di soggetti che ricevono questi farmaci. A questo proposito, recentemente e stata portata a termine una indagine di farmacoepidemiologia che utilizzava l'archivio delle ricette di AD di 6 farmacie territoriali piemontesi (Pietraru et al, 2001). Le farmacie territoriali archiviano tutte le ricette dei farmaci rimborsati dal Servizio Sanitario Nazionale (SSN) e, dunque, costituiscono un osservatorio privilegiato per questo tipo di indagini.…”
Section: Epidemiologia Degli Antidepressivi Nella Pratica Clinicaunclassified
“…In aggiunta al problema dell'indicazione all'uso degli AD, 1'analisi del database piemontese evidenziava anche quello relativo alia durata dei trattamenti (Pietraru et al, 2001). La distribuzione dei pazienti per numero di prescrizioni di AD ricevute nel corso dei 6 mesi mostrava che circa il 50% del campione avava ricevuto solo una o due prescrizioni di farmaco.…”
Section: Epidemiologia Degli Antidepressivi Nella Pratica Clinicaunclassified