title: Persistence with antipsychotics in dementia patients in Germany .
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze the duration of treatment with antipsychotics in German dementia patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study included patients aged 60 years and over with dementia who received a first-time antipsychotic prescription by psychiatrists between 2009 and 2013. The main outcome measure was the treatment rate for more than 6 months following the index date.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 12,979 patients with dementia (mean age 82 years, 52.1% living in nursing homes) were included. After 2 years of follow-up, 54.8%, 57.2%, 61.1%, and 65.4% of patients aged 60 - 69, 70 - 79, 80 - 89, and 90 - 99 years, respectively, received antipsychotic prescriptions. 63.9% of subjects living in nursing homes and 55.0% of subjects living at home also continued their treatment (p-value < 0.001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The percentage of dementia patients treated with antipsychotics is very high. .
authors.forename: Anke
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Booker
authors.forename: Louis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jacob
authors.forename: Jens
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bohlken
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rapp
authors.forename: Karel
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kostev
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D015897:Comorbidity; D016208:Databases, Factual; D003704:Dementia / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D011307:Drug Prescriptions / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004363:Drug Utilization; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D053208:Kaplan-Meier Estimate; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009735:Nursing Homes; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents