Prevalence of Medication Use for Somatic Disease in Institutionalized Psychiatric Patients

Abstract

Somatic medication use is high in institutionalized psychiatric patients. More attention is needed for co-use of psychiatric and somatic medications to prevent side effects, drug-disease or drug-drug interactions. More research is needed to investigate if somatic care is optimal in institutionalized psychiatric patients.

Predicting rehospitalization in patients treated with antipsychotics: a prospective observational study

“…Psychiatric patients have a higher prevalence of somatic disease, thus both higher somatic as well as psychiatric hospitalization rates are expected. 27 Due to their inclusion criteria patients without any refill after discharge were missed and their results cannot be applied for these our patients. Besides this, their study population consisted of two different groups, namely inpatients and outpatients.…”

“…14,[24][25][26] Medication characteristics Data on medication characteristics were obtained from the hospital files. 27 Medication-related information from the patients' questionnaire investigated were:…”

Discontinuation of Somatic Medication During Psychiatric Hospitalization

“…Psychiatric patients usually use medication for their psychiatric diseases but may also use medication for somatic diseases and symptoms. 1-8 In an earlier study, we found a prevalence of 67% to 77% for medication use for somatic diseases in institutionalized psychiatric patients. 1 The high prevalence of somatic medication use can partly be explained by a higher prevalence of several somatic diseases, such as diabetes, obesity, and cardiovascular diseases, in psychiatric patients compared with the general population.…”

“…1-8 In an earlier study, we found a prevalence of 67% to 77% for medication use for somatic diseases in institutionalized psychiatric patients. 1 The high prevalence of somatic medication use can partly be explained by a higher prevalence of several somatic diseases, such as diabetes, obesity, and cardiovascular diseases, in psychiatric patients compared with the general population. 2-8 Psychiatric patients may also use somatic medication to treat side effects of psychiatric medication.…”

Formation continue des préparateurs en pharmacie hospitalière : développement d’une formation ludique dans la prise en charge médicamenteuse en psychiatrie

“…Certaines de ces pathologies somatiques sont-elles mêmes la conséquence des effets indésirables des traitements psychotropes. Ces pathologies somatiques entraînent une polymédication ou à contrario, dans certains cas, ne sont pas ou insuffisamment traitées du fait du déni (12) et du manque d'observance inhérent à la pathologie psychiatrique (13). Il est également prouvé que les patients psychiatriques ont une mortalité accrue principalement chez les patients plus âgés (14).…”