Prevalence and initial prescription of psychotropics in patients with common cancers in Japan, based on a nationwide health insurance claims database
Prevalence and initial prescription of psychotropics in patients with common cancers in Japan, based on a nationwide health insurance claims database
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DOI:
10.1002/pon.4511
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发表时间:
2018-02-01
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影响因子:
3.6
通讯作者:
Kawakami, Koji
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作者:
Sato, Izumi;Onishi, Hideki;Kawakami, Koji
ObjectiveTo investigate the prevalence of psychotropic medication use and identify factors affecting the prescription of psychotropics among patients newly diagnosed with any of 8 common types of cancer.MethodsThis retrospective descriptive study examined data for patients newly diagnosed with breast, colorectal, liver, lung, ovarian, pancreatic, prostate, or stomach cancer between July 2009 and May 2014. The data were derived from a nationwide health claims database. The proportion of initial prescriptions for all oral psychotropics within 13months of cancer diagnosis was analyzed by cancer type; the odds ratio (OR) for prescribing psychotropics was calculated using multivariable logistic regression models.ResultsA total of 14661 patients were newly diagnosed with cancer. Psychotropics were prescribed for 6593 (45%) patients. The highest and lowest proportions of psychotropic prescriptions were recorded for patients with lung cancer (62.6%) and prostate cancer (35.1%), respectively. The strongest predictors for psychotropic prescriptions were chemotherapy (OR, 2.59; 95% confidence interval [CI], 2.31-2.91; P