Prevalence and prescribers’ knowledge of psychotropic polypharmacy in the Bono, Bono East, and Ahafo Regions, Ghana
The use of psychotropic medications for treating simple and complex psychological and emotional problems is common and relevant among prescribers. This, therefore, come with the tendency to prescribe many medications to a patient on a single visit due to varied reasons. The study, therefore, sought...
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| author | James Dumba Antwi Joseph Barimah Mohammed Mohammed Ibrahim Solomon Saka Allotey Semefa Alorvi William Appertey Luke Sopaal Frank Acheampong Rebecca Dorcas Commey Yaw Boakye Nketiah Deborah Ampofo Bernard Opoku Amoah Larry Agyemang |
| author_facet | James Dumba Antwi Joseph Barimah Mohammed Mohammed Ibrahim Solomon Saka Allotey Semefa Alorvi William Appertey Luke Sopaal Frank Acheampong Rebecca Dorcas Commey Yaw Boakye Nketiah Deborah Ampofo Bernard Opoku Amoah Larry Agyemang |
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| description | The use of psychotropic medications for treating simple and complex psychological and emotional problems is common and relevant among prescribers. This, therefore, come with the tendency to prescribe many medications to a patient on a single visit due to varied reasons. The study, therefore, sought to ascertain the prevalence and prescribers' knowledge of psychotropic polypharmacy. A quantitative, descriptive study was conducted using a simple random approach to select and review the prescription records (both regular and prn basis) of three hundred and nine (309) patients’ folders retrospectively within seven (7) mental health units across the study area to ascertain the prevalence of Psychotropic Polypharmacy (PP). Fifty-eight (58) prescribers were selected using probability method (simple random) to respond to the study questionnaire. Psychotropic Polypharmacy was prevalent (66.0 %) in the study area with antipsychotic polypharmacy (74.0 %) being the common form with the co-prescription of chlorpromazine (CPZ) + haloperidol (70.0 %) being frequent. This was more predominant among male patients (78.0 %) than female patients (22.0 %). Prescribers had high (82.8 %) knowledge of Psychotropic Polypharmacy and the majority (68.9 %) disagreed that the practice of Psychotropic Polypharmacy should be promoted. The continuous training of prescribers (i.e. mental health officers) on rational prescriptions would help reduce the prevalence of Psychotropic Polypharmacy. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f05f04a3c188454ebacb49eac5ae38912024-02-03T06:36:41ZengElsevierHeliyon2405-84402024-01-01102e24243Prevalence and prescribers’ knowledge of psychotropic polypharmacy in the Bono, Bono East, and Ahafo Regions, GhanaJames Dumba0Antwi Joseph Barimah1Mohammed Mohammed Ibrahim2Solomon Saka Allotey3Semefa Alorvi4William Appertey5Luke Sopaal6Frank Acheampong7Rebecca Dorcas Commey8Yaw Boakye Nketiah9Deborah Ampofo10Bernard Opoku Amoah11Larry Agyemang12College of Health Yamfo, GhanaCorresponding author.; College of Health Yamfo, GhanaCollege of Health Yamfo, GhanaCollege of Health Yamfo, GhanaCollege of Health Yamfo, GhanaCollege of Health Yamfo, GhanaCollege of Health Yamfo, GhanaCollege of Health Yamfo, GhanaCollege of Health Yamfo, GhanaCollege of Health Yamfo, GhanaCollege of Health Yamfo, GhanaCollege of Health Yamfo, GhanaCollege of Health Yamfo, GhanaThe use of psychotropic medications for treating simple and complex psychological and emotional problems is common and relevant among prescribers. This, therefore, come with the tendency to prescribe many medications to a patient on a single visit due to varied reasons. The study, therefore, sought to ascertain the prevalence and prescribers' knowledge of psychotropic polypharmacy. A quantitative, descriptive study was conducted using a simple random approach to select and review the prescription records (both regular and prn basis) of three hundred and nine (309) patients’ folders retrospectively within seven (7) mental health units across the study area to ascertain the prevalence of Psychotropic Polypharmacy (PP). Fifty-eight (58) prescribers were selected using probability method (simple random) to respond to the study questionnaire. Psychotropic Polypharmacy was prevalent (66.0 %) in the study area with antipsychotic polypharmacy (74.0 %) being the common form with the co-prescription of chlorpromazine (CPZ) + haloperidol (70.0 %) being frequent. This was more predominant among male patients (78.0 %) than female patients (22.0 %). Prescribers had high (82.8 %) knowledge of Psychotropic Polypharmacy and the majority (68.9 %) disagreed that the practice of Psychotropic Polypharmacy should be promoted. The continuous training of prescribers (i.e. mental health officers) on rational prescriptions would help reduce the prevalence of Psychotropic Polypharmacy.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844024002743PrevalenceKnowledgePsychotropicPolypharmacyBonoBono east |
| spellingShingle | James Dumba Antwi Joseph Barimah Mohammed Mohammed Ibrahim Solomon Saka Allotey Semefa Alorvi William Appertey Luke Sopaal Frank Acheampong Rebecca Dorcas Commey Yaw Boakye Nketiah Deborah Ampofo Bernard Opoku Amoah Larry Agyemang Prevalence and prescribers’ knowledge of psychotropic polypharmacy in the Bono, Bono East, and Ahafo Regions, Ghana Heliyon Prevalence Knowledge Psychotropic Polypharmacy Bono Bono east |
| title | Prevalence and prescribers’ knowledge of psychotropic polypharmacy in the Bono, Bono East, and Ahafo Regions, Ghana |
| title_full | Prevalence and prescribers’ knowledge of psychotropic polypharmacy in the Bono, Bono East, and Ahafo Regions, Ghana |
| title_fullStr | Prevalence and prescribers’ knowledge of psychotropic polypharmacy in the Bono, Bono East, and Ahafo Regions, Ghana |
| title_full_unstemmed | Prevalence and prescribers’ knowledge of psychotropic polypharmacy in the Bono, Bono East, and Ahafo Regions, Ghana |
| title_short | Prevalence and prescribers’ knowledge of psychotropic polypharmacy in the Bono, Bono East, and Ahafo Regions, Ghana |
| title_sort | prevalence and prescribers knowledge of psychotropic polypharmacy in the bono bono east and ahafo regions ghana |
| topic | Prevalence Knowledge Psychotropic Polypharmacy Bono Bono east |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844024002743 |
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