Use of psychotropic medication in Santiago, Chile

Graciela Rojas; Rosemarie Fritsch; Jorge Gaete; Isabel González; Ricardo Araya

doi:10.1080/09638230500195221

Use of psychotropic medication in Santiago, Chile

Graciela Rojas^*
, Rosemarie Fritsch
, Jorge Gaete
, Isabel González
, Ricardo Araya

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Background: During the last few decades, the use of psychotropic medication by the general population has been a topic of scientific and public interest. However there have been few studies in Latin America to assess this situation.

Aims: To study the prevalence in use of psychotropic medication in the city of Santiago and the associations with sociodemographic and physical and mental health factors.

Methods: Cross-sectional survey of private households randomly chosen with a probabilistic sampling design.

Results: Three-thousand-eight-hundred-and-seventy subjects were interviewed. The overall prevalence of the use of psychotropic medication in Greater Santiago was 6.4% (95% CI). Sex, age, mental and physical health problems were all significantly associated with a higher prevalence of psychotropic medication use.

Conclusions: The prevalence of psychotropic use in the Greater Santiago area seems lower than in other cities. However similar socio-demographic and health factors were associated with the use of psychotropic medication as in other countries. There is a need to unify methodologies to be able to compare results internationally.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	407-414
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of Mental Health
Volume	14
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/09638230500195221 https://doi.org/10.1080/09638230500195221
State	Published - Aug 2005

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Funding Information:
Correspondence: Graciela Rojas, Hospital Clínico, Av. La Paz 1003, Santiago, Chile. E-mail: [email protected] Declaration of interest: This study was funded by the European Community and FONDECYT.

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Psychotropic drugs
Epidemiology
Urban population

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