The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of long-term antipsychotic (AP) use in community-dwelling patients with dementia considering hospitalization periods as AP exposure or not. A retrospective study was carried out from 2009 to 2012 on a PACA-Alzheimer cohort (which included 31 963 patients in 2009 and 36 442 in 2012 from 5 million inhabitants). Three groups of patients were identified according to the longest exposure to APs without interruption: nonusers, short-term users (≤3 successive months without discontinuation), and long-term users. Sensitivity analyses on hospitalization periods were carried out. The percentage of patients with at least one AP dispensing was stable over the study period (25.6

作者：Quentin, Boucherie；Ga?tan, Gentile；Coralie, Chalan?on；Vincent, Sciortino；Olivier, Blin；Jo?lle, Micallef；Sylvie, Bonin-Guillaume

来源：International clinical psychopharmacology 2017 年 32卷 1期