Features of the current practice of drugs prescriptions to women with mental disorders in ethnic groups in Stavropol region

Abstract

The peculiarities of the current practice of prescribing medicines for women with depressive disorders in five large ethnic groups of the population of the Stavropol Territory are established. 197 medical histories of patients of a psychiatric hospital with depressive disorders were studied: Slavs (n = 70), Armenian women (n = 36), Nogay women (n = 34), Karachay women (n = 30), Turkmen women (n = 30). The frequency and structure of drug group prescriptions (%) were analyzed; the number of drug prescriptions, including the average number per patient; spectrum of the means used from the analyzed drug group. It is shown that the broadest range of medicines was administered to Slavs; comparatively less - to Karachay women, Armenians, even less - to Turkmen and Nogay women. At the same time, the greatest number of medicines per patient was prescribed to Slavs and Karachay women, comparatively less to Turkmen, and even less to Armenians; the least number of medicinal products was used in Nogay women