Psychotropic Drug Use Among Danish Care Home Residents During and After the <scp>COVID</scp> ‐19 Pandemic
Incident psychotropic drug use among Danish care home residents increased during the COVID-19 pandemic and remained slightly elevated afterward. This warrants closer scrutiny of prescribing practices and highlights the need for targeted interventions to optimize psychotropic drug use in the post-pandemic era.
Authors
- Lotte Rasmussen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5962-6647)
- Jens Søndergaard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7680-9920)
- Jesper Ryg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8641-3062)
- Mikkel Højlund (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5786-5203)
- Helene Kildegaard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1930-5851)
- Emma Bjørk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6794-1479)
- Carina Lundby (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2121-6252)
- Hanin Harbi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-3776-6541)
Institutions
- University of Southern Denmark (DK)
- Mental Health Services (DK)
- Odense University Hospital (DK)
- Copenhagen University Hospital (DK)
- Region of Southern Denmark (DK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
- Published
- 2025-10-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.70172
- Primary Topic
- Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00