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Prescribing practices in Southeastern Europe – focus on benzodiazepine prescription at discharge from nine university psychiatric hospitals
Psychiatry Research, 258 (2017); 59-65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2017.09.059
Marić, Nadja P.; Latas, Milan; Andrić Petrović, Sanja; Soldatović, Ivan; Arsovac, Slavica; Crnković, Danijel; Gugleta, Dragoslava; Ivezić, Aleksandar; Janjić, Vladimir; Karlović, Dalibor; Lečić Toševski, Dušica; Mihaljević-Peleš, Alma; Novotni, Antoni; Pejušković, Bojana; Radmanović, Branimir; Siladji Mladenović, Djendji; M. Slavković, Violeta; Štimac, Zoran; Žikić, Olivera More authors...

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Marić, N. P., Latas, M., Andrić Petrović, S., Soldatović, I., Arsovac, S., Crnković, D. ... Žikić, O. (2017). Prescribing practices in Southeastern Europe – focus on benzodiazepine prescription at discharge from nine university psychiatric hospitals. Psychiatry Research, 258., 59-65. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2017.09.059

Marić, Nadja P., et al. "Prescribing practices in Southeastern Europe – focus on benzodiazepine prescription at discharge from nine university psychiatric hospitals." Psychiatry Research, vol. 258, 2017, pp. 59-65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2017.09.059

Marić, Nadja P., Milan Latas, Sanja Andrić Petrović, Ivan Soldatović, Slavica Arsovac, Danijel Crnković, Dragoslava Gugleta, et al. "Prescribing practices in Southeastern Europe – focus on benzodiazepine prescription at discharge from nine university psychiatric hospitals." Psychiatry Research 258 (2017): 59-65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2017.09.059

Marić, N. P., et al. (2017) 'Prescribing practices in Southeastern Europe – focus on benzodiazepine prescription at discharge from nine university psychiatric hospitals', Psychiatry Research, 258, pp. 59-65. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2017.09.059

Marić NP, Latas M, Andrić Petrović S, Soldatović I, Arsovac S, Crnković D, and sur.. Prescribing practices in Southeastern Europe – focus on benzodiazepine prescription at discharge from nine university psychiatric hospitals. Psychiatry Research [Internet]. 2017 [cited 2024 December 24];258:59-65. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2017.09.059

N. P. Marić, et al., "Prescribing practices in Southeastern Europe – focus on benzodiazepine prescription at discharge from nine university psychiatric hospitals", Psychiatry Research, vol. 258, pp. 59-65, 2017. [Online]. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:220:670371. [Accessed: 24 December 2024]

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Title (english)Prescribing practices in Southeastern Europe – focus on benzodiazepine prescription at discharge from nine university psychiatric hospitals
AuthorNadja P. Marić
AuthorMilan Latas
AuthorSanja Andrić Petrović
AuthorIvan Soldatović
AuthorSlavica Arsovac
AuthorDanijel Crnković
AuthorDragoslava Gugleta
AuthorAleksandar Ivezić
AuthorVladimir Janjić
AuthorDalibor Karlović
AuthorDušica Lečić Toševski
AuthorAlma Mihaljević-Peleš
AuthorAntoni Novotni
AuthorBojana Pejušković
AuthorBranimir Radmanović
AuthorDjendji Siladji Mladenović
AuthorVioleta M. Slavković
AuthorZoran Štimac
AuthorOlivera Žikić
Author's institution(Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center)
Scientific / art field,
discipline and subdiscipline		BIOMEDICINE AND HEALTHCARE
Clinical Medical Sciences
Psychiatry
Abstract (english)
There is much concern about the widespread long-term use of benzodiazepines. Our manuscript addressed its use in the region of Southeastern Europe, which seems extensive, but insufficiently explored. At nine university psychiatric hospitals (Croatia, Macedonia and Serbia), we retrospectively analyzed discharge summary documents to find the prevalence of discharge benzodiazepine prescriptions and the prescribed benzodiazepine doses. This study included 1047 adult subjects and showed that 81.9% of them had benzodiazepines prescribed in the discharge summary document, with high mean daily dose of around 5 mg lorazepam equivalents. Factors associated with the prescriptions were exclusively clinical factors (diagnosis of schizophrenia spectrum disorders, more lifetime hospitalizations, psychiatric comorbidity, co-prescription of antidepressant or mood stabilizer, shorter duration of the hospitalization), while socio-demographic factors were not found to influence benzodiazepine discharge prescriptions. Similarly, factors which influenced the prescription of higher daily benzodiazepine dose were more lifetime psychiatric hospitalizations and co-prescription of antidepressant or mood stabilizer, as well as the diagnosis of mental/behavioral disorders due to substance use and co-prescribed antipsychotic. Our data are emphasizing an urgent need for guidelines and improved education of both health care professionals and patients, in order to prevent long term benzodiazepine (mis)use and related side-effects.
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Languageenglish
Publication typeScientific paper - Original scientific paper
Publication statusPublished
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Journal titlePsychiatry Research
Numberingvol. 258, pp. 59-65
p-ISSN0165-1781
e-ISSN1872-7123
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2017.09.059
URN:NBNurn:nbn:hr:220:670371
Publication2017
Document URLhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0165178117305607?via%3Dihub
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