Prescrição de Psicofármacos e Transtornos Mentais Comuns em Pacientes Internados nos Hospitais Universitários da Cidade de Pelotas/RS

Abstract

Cross-sectional study to describe the prevalence of psychotropic drug use during hospitalization and at home, conducted with 110 adult patients hospitalized in two university hospitals in Pelotas/RS, which answered to SRQ-20 at beginning of the hospitalization and HAD scale seven days later. Simultaneously, an analysis of daily prescriptions was performed. The prevalence of psychotropic drug use in the households was 24.5% (CI95% 17,1% - 33,8%) while during hospitalization was 52.7% (CI95% 43,0% - 62,2%). Based on the total sample, 32.7% not used at home, but received in the hospital, 4.5% had used psychotropic drugs at home, but had not received when hospitalized. Female gender, presence of previous disease and had already gone into surgery were associated with hospital use, while for household use, only the presence of previous disease and hospitalization non-SUS were significant. The most commonly prescribed psychotropic drugs were anxiolytics, hypnotics and sedatives, followed by antidepressants, neuroleptics and anticonvulsants