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9832349

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-3-1
pubmed:abstractText
While several surveys have shown that patients in nonpsychiatric hospital departments frequently receive anxiolytics or hypnotics during hospitalization, and also receive discharge prescriptions for these drugs, as yet none has investigated the start of intake of these drugs during hospitalization in conjunction with an assessment of all types of psychiatric disorders. Therefore, we studied 728 patients in medical, gynecological, and surgical departments of two non-university general hospitals in Austria for the prevalence of anxiolytic and hypnotic drug use during hospitalization as compared to discharge prescriptions for such drugs. Altogether, 50.4% of all admitted patients were treated with anxiolytics or hypnotics during their stay in hospital, and 42.8% of those who had not taken such drugs before admission. Of the patients using these medications during hospitalization, 26.1% also received discharge prescriptions. The significant associations between psychiatric variables and both drug use during hospitalization and prescriptions at discharge, suggest that anxiolytic and hypnotic drugs are used aptly. However, considering that about half of the patients suffering from substance abuse disorders received discharge prescriptions, the risk of continued substance abuse must not be neglected. Overall, fewer patients received anxiolytics or hypnotics at discharge than had used them before admission.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0176-3679
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
31
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
178-86
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Use of anxiolytics and hypnotics in gynecological, surgical and medical departments of general hospitals.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychiatry, University of Vienna, Austria.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't