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dc.contributor.authorSteffenak, Anne Kjersti Myhrene
dc.contributor.authorLarsson, Bodil Wilde
dc.contributor.authorNordström, Gun
dc.contributor.authorSkurtveit, Svetlana
dc.contributor.authorHartz, Ingeborg
dc.date.accessioned2012-12-18T10:29:27Z
dc.date.available2012-12-18T10:29:27Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.identifier.citationSteffenak, A. K. M., Larsson, B. W., Nordström, G., Skurtveit, S., & Hartz, I. (2012). Increase in psychotropic drug use between 2006 and 2010 among adolescents in Norway: a nationwide prescription database study. Clinical Epidemiology, 4(1), 225-231.no_NO
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/134458
dc.descriptionThis article is open access, and can also be read here: http://www.dovepress.com/increase-in-psychotropic-drug-use-between-2006-and-2010-among-adolesce-peer-reviewed-article-CLEP
dc.description.abstractBackground: The purposes of this study were to investigate the prevalence of psychotropic (hypnotic, antidepressant, and anxiolytic) drug use among adolescents aged 15–16 years during the period 2006–2010 according to gender and subcategories of psychotropics, and to study psychotropic drug use over the period 2007–2010 among incident users in 2007. Methods: This was a one-year prevalence and follow-up study based on information retrieved from the nationwide Norwegian prescription database for the period 2006–2010. The study population consisted of adolescents aged 15–16 years who had filled at least one prescription for a psychotropic drug in the study period. The main outcome measures were filling of hypnotic, antidepressant, and/or anxiolytic drug prescriptions. Results: Overall use of psychotropic drugs increased from 13.9 to 21.5 per 1000 among boys and from 19.7 to 24.7 per 1000 among girls during the 2006–2010 period. Hypnotic drugs, and melatonin in particular, accounted for most of the increase. For melatonin, the annual median amount dispensed was 180 defined daily doses through the period until 2010, at which time it decreased to 90 defined daily doses. In total, 16.4% of all incident psychotropic drug users in 2007 were still having prescriptions dispensed in 2010. Conclusion: This study shows an increase in hypnotic drugs dispensed for adolescents in Norway, mainly attributable to the increasing use of melatonin. The amount of melatonin dispensed indicates more than sporadic use over longer periods, despite melatonin only being licensed in Norway for use in insomnia for individuals aged 55 years or older.no_NO
dc.language.isoengno_NO
dc.publisherDovepressno_NO
dc.subjectpsychotropic drugsno_NO
dc.subjecthypnoticsno_NO
dc.subjectsedativesno_NO
dc.subjectantidepressive agentsno_NO
dc.subjectantianxiety agentsno_NO
dc.subjectadolescentsno_NO
dc.subjectprescription databaseno_NO
dc.subjectdefined daily doseno_NO
dc.subjectlong-term useno_NO
dc.titleIncrease in psychotropic drug use between 2006 and 2010 among adolescents in Norway: a nationwide prescription database studyno_NO
dc.typePeer reviewedno_NO
dc.typeJournal article
dc.source.pagenumber225-231no_NO
dc.source.volume4no_NO
dc.source.journalClinical Epidemiologyno_NO
dc.source.issue1no_NO


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