Perfil de utilização dos medicamentos psicotrópicos dos usuários do Centro de Atenção Psicossocial do município de Cuité - PB.

Abstract

The Antimanicomial Struggle in line with the Psychiatric Reform in Brazil has intermediated the implantation of the Psychosocial Care Centers as well as other host units as a strategy to assist mental health for individuals with mental disorders. This is of great importance, as the number of patients with mental disorders is increasing and represents one of the main causes of disability in the world. The drug use study is considered to be effective in verifying the prevalence of adverse drug use and reactions, as well as promoting the rational use of drugs. The objective of this research was to delineate the profile of the use of psychotropic drugs by the users of the Center for Psychosocial Care of Cuité / PB, correlating with the sociodemographic profile of the patients, adverse reactions according to the prevalence of mental disorders and assessing adherence to the pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment. The study is classified as descriptive exploratory and quantitative descriptive trait, from a non-probabilistic population for convenience. The data collection was performed through a questionnaire, the data were compiled in the Microsoft Excel 2013 program and in the Statistical Program Package for Social Science (SPSS) so that they could be analyzed and obtained the following results. As for socioeconomic data, there is a prevalence of 34.2% of users between 20 and 29 years; 59, 2% are male; 46% of low schooling and family income of 1 to 3 minimum wages in 65.8. Regarding the referral to the CAPS, predominantly 32.9% of the users were referred from the Basic Health Unit. In relation to the general information, regular medical follow-up (93.4%) is mostly performed; 65.8% of the users have companions; did not have psychiatric hospitalization (67.1%) and did not participate in therapeutic groups (53.9%). In the diagnosis, there was a predominance of schizophrenia in 35%; mean time of use of psychotropic drugs was from one month to four years (41%); 78.3% of the most prescribed classes are neuroleptics andrisperidone accounts for 44.7 % of the drugs used, since the intake form of "water only" drugs prevailed with 84.2%. The most common adverse reaction among users was drowsiness with 20.5%; in addition, among the most common reasons for stopping pharmacotherapy, pausing voluntarily was the most common (63.2%). This research is expected to provide subsidies to government spheres, making it feasible to designate resources for the area of mental health in the region and to assist in the organization of health services offered to the community.