Negative effect of use of psychotropic drugs on psychiatric symptoms, and cognitive and physical function in elderly:prospective observational study among hospitalized patients.

Negative effect of use of psychotropic drugs on psychiatric symptoms, and cognitive and physical function in elderly:prospective observational study among hospitalized patients. - Negative effect of psychotropic drugs on psychiatric symptoms and cognitive and physical function in elderly.

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-UMIN000004448

Enrollment

100

Registered

2010-11-11

Start date

2010-11-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-29

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Conditions

Psychiatric symptoms and decline of cognitive and physical function

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Hospitalized elderly patients who have been already prescribed with psychotropic drugs at the time of admission Patients can be followed or observed according to the study protocol Patients or their caregivers can provide necessary information for the study

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Patients with severe or unstable physical disease

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Improvement in Clinical global impression scale after tapering or discontinuation of the causal drugs	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Change in MMSE score	—

Countries

Japan

Outcome results