澳大利亚老年人使用心理药物的患病率和危险因素:全国数据链接研究
Hieu T Le1, Edward C Y Lau1, Weisi Chen1
1The University of Sydney School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Pharmacy and Bank Building A15, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia.
Drugs & aging
|July 4, 2025
概括
2021年,近三分之一的澳大利亚老年人使用了精神药物. 需要帮助的人,生活在非私人住房中的人,以及患有痴呆症或关节炎的人的使用率更高,特别是在土著和托雷斯海峡岛民中.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 心理药理学 心理药理学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 心理药物对老年人有风险,但澳大利亚的使用数据很少.
- 了解心理药物使用模式对于患者的安全至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了确定65岁及以上澳大利亚人的精神药物使用率.
- 在这个人群中确定与心理药物使用相关的社会人口统计因素.
主要方法:
- 一项回顾性横截面研究利用相关的2021年澳大利亚人口普查和制药福利计划 (PBS) 数据.
- 包括65岁以上的个人,他们在2021年8月至10月期间接受了PBS药物.
- 后勤回归分析了与精神药物药物分类相关的社会人口统计因素.
主要成果:
- 在超过380万的老年人中,有31.1%的人使用精神药物.
- 抗抑郁药是最常见的 (19.9%);使用量随着年龄的增长而增加.
- 与核心活动,非私人住房,痴呆症和关节炎等方面的帮助与更高的使用率有关.
- 原住民和托雷斯海峡岛民使用二和阿片类药物增加.
- 高等教育,社会经济地位和非英语背景与使用率较低相关.
结论:
- 近三分之一的澳大利亚老年人在三个月内使用了精神药物.
- 特定的人群,包括土著和托雷斯海峡岛民,痴呆症患者和关节炎患者,表现出更高的精神药物使用率.
- 需要进一步的研究来评估心理药物使用在这些群体中的适当性,并实施基于证据的处方策略.
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