The Effect of a Doctor??s Personal Characteristics and Working Circumstances on the Prescribing of Psychotropic Drugs
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9100353 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Elina Hemminki (0000-0003-1120-4183, Tampere University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1974 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 351-357 |
| Publication date | 1974-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Medical Care (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0025-7079 • E-ISSN: 1537-1948 |
| Publisher | Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1097/00005650-197404000-00006 |
| PMID | 4823652 |
| OpenAlex | W1987912006 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 6 |
The purpose of this study has been to unravel factors contributing to the question of the quantity of psychotropic drug prescribing. Forty-seven general practitioners (71% of the sample) participated. The information on the doctors' characteristics was collected by anonymous questionnaires. Also, each doctor registered all his patients, their biographical data, diagnosed diseases, and treatment on one day. Drug prescribing frequencies indicating the number of drugs per diagnosis were counted from these registers afterwards. On average, one drug was prescribed for each diagnosis, one psychotropic drug for every tenth diagnosis, and one hidden psychotropic drug for every fourteenth diagnosis. These drug prescribing frequencies differed greatly from doctor to doctor. However, a little of this variation could be explained by the variables chosen. The length of the surgery hours seemed to best explain the drug prescribing frequencies: the longer the day, the more drugs prescribed. Doctors who were cautious and uncertain in deciding had lower frequencies in prescribing psychotropic drugs. The more positive the attitude which the doctor had towards the use of drugs for social problems and everyday stress, the more psychotropic drugs were prescribed. The estimated amounts of psychic disturbances among patients were not correlated to psychotropic drug frequency
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Surveys, Polls, and Samples
| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,23 |
| Citation span | 1983 - 2001 (19) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |