title: [Consumption of psychotropic drugs by the aged].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The medical prescription increase for psychotropic drugs, and particularly by elderly, are the facts that have motivated this study: 1) elderly psychotropic consumption assessment, 2) identify risk factors consumption.
  
  
  METHODS
  Descriptive and cross-sectional survey from individual questionnaires.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The prevalence for psychotropic drugs was 24% in our sample, (72.1% women). 53.3% prescription were realized by family practitioners. 54.3% patients used them for more than three years. The biggest group consumed are the long term benzodiazepines (62.3%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The high prevalence, the long time of consumption, the use of long-term benzodiazepines, and the fact of that family practitioners are the main prescribers, must make us think about the pertinence and accuracy of these medical prescriptions.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: García Fernández
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: González Pérez
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Martín Sánchez
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Sánchez Baragaño
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bernardo Vega
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Menéndez Rodríguez
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001569:Benzodiazepines; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D011307:Drug Prescriptions; D004363:Drug Utilization; D005194:Family Practice; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011320:Primary Health Care; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs; D013030:Spain; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
chemical_list: D011619:Psychotropic Drugs; D001569:Benzodiazepines
vernacular_title: Consumo de fármacos psicotrópicos en los ancianos.