Patterns of Prescription of Psychotropic Medications and Their Adherence among Patients with Schizophrenia in Two Psychiatric Hospitals in Accra, Ghana: A Cross-Sectional Survey

<table class="table-group" id="tab3"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Psychotropic drug</td><td class="align_center">Frequency</td><td class="align_center">Percentage</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Trihexyphenidyl</td><td class="align_center">9</td><td class="align_center">22.0</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Fluoxetine</td><td class="align_center">1</td><td class="align_center">2.4</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Carbamazepine</td><td class="align_center">6</td><td class="align_center">14.6</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Haloperidol</td><td class="align_center">8</td><td class="align_center">19.5</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Risperidone</td><td class="align_center">5</td><td class="align_center">12.2</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Olanzapine</td><td class="align_center">11</td><td class="align_center">26.8</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Sertraline</td><td class="align_center">1</td><td class="align_center">2.4</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Psychotropic drugs prescribed to patients who performed below the cut-off for the MMSE.

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Table 3: Patterns of Prescription of Psychotropic Medications and Their Adherence among Patients with Schizophrenia in Two Psychiatric Hospitals in Accra, Ghana: A Cross-Sectional Survey 

Table 3 | Patterns of Prescription of Psychotropic Medications and Their Adherence among Patients with Schizophrenia in Two Psychiatric Hospitals in Accra, Ghana: A Cross-Sectional Survey 