Prevalence in the use of psychotropics and associated factors in primary health care

Objetivo Investigar a prevalência de uso de psicotrópicos e fatores associados na atenção primária à saúde com fatores sociodemográficos, farmacoterapêuticos, histórico de saúde e Transtornos Mentais Comuns. Método Estudo transversal que incluiu 430 pacientes de atenção primária à saúde. O instrumento de pesquisa foi o Self-reporting Questionnaire e prontuários. Para análise, utilizou-se teste qui-quadrado na análise univariada e regressão logística na multivariada. Resultados A prevalência de uso de psicotrópicos foi de 25,8%. Houve associação entre uso de psicofármacos e transtornos mentais comuns, uso de medicamentos não psicofármacos, número de medicamentos prescritos, número de comprimidos/dia, patologias clínicas, idade e escolaridade. Na análise multivariada os preditores para uso de psicofármacos foram: transtornos mentais comuns, patologias clínicas e escolaridade. Conclusão A prevalência de uso de psicofármacos e os fatores associados variaram conforme a análise uni ou multivariada. Objective Investigating the prevalence in the use of psychotropics and associated factors in primary health care withsocio-demographic and pharmacotherapeutic factors, medical history, and Common Mental Disorders. Methods A cross-section study which includes 430 primary health care patients. The research instruments were Self-reporting Questionnaires and medical records. A chi-squared test was used in the univariate analysis, and a logistic regression was used in the multivariate analysis. Results The prevalence in the use of psychotropics was 25.8%. There was an association among the use of psychiatric drugs and common mental disorders, use of non-psychiatric drugs, number of medications prescribed,number of pills a day, clinical pathologies, age, and schooling. In the multivariate analysis, the predictors for the use of psychiatric drugs were: common mental disorders, clinical pathologies, and schooling. Conclusion The prevalence in the use of psychiatric drugs and the associated factors varied according to the univariate or the multivariate analyses.