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Table 3 Number of patients receiving a new prescription of psychotropic drugs or a discontinuation of long-term psychotropic medication

From: High prevalence of prescription of psychotropic drugs for older patients in a general hospital

 

Total (N = 2130)

Benzodiazepines

Z-drugs

Antidepressants

Neuroleptics

new prescription

198 (9.3%)

33 (1.6%)

17 (0.8%)

126 (5.9%)

41 (1.9%)

long-term medication discontinued

118 (5.5%)

27 (1.3%)

15 (0.7%)

61 (2.9%)

31 (1.5%)

  1. New prescription refers to psychotropic drugs newly prescribed during hospital stay and recommended in the discharge letter, long-term medication discontinued refers to medication, which was prescribed prior to hospital admission and discontinued during the hospital stay