Análisis de la prescripción de antidepresivos y ansiolíticos, con relación a la pandemia COVID-19, en el Centro de Salud Nro.1 y el Centro de Salud Espoch- Lizarzaburu

Abstract

The aim of this research work was to analyze the prescription of antidepressants and anxiolytics at the Centro de Salud Nro.1 and Centro de Salud Espoch- Lizarzaburu, regarding COVID-19 pandemic, during January - July 2020, through the use of an observational, non-experimental descriptive design. Data of 77 medical records of patients from the Centro de Salud Nro.1 and 307 patients from Espoch-Lizarzaburu were obtained, additional to this, a total of 112 and 602 medical prescriptions, respectively, the prescription in a condition with and without the presence of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ecuador was compared, after that the data analysis was carried out in Microsoft Excel statistical software and the correlation and ANOVA were carried out in the Minitab 19 statistical software. The results in the analysis of the Pharmacological groups determined that the antipsychotic risperidone used as an antidepressant was the most prescribed during the pandemic because it generated fewer side effects at beggining of treatment, followed by the antidepressants sertraline and fluoxetine, and for anxiety episodes the antipsychotic clonazepam and the anxiolytic alprazolam, with a higher prevalence of prescription in age groups of older adults and young people, especially female gender , by means of the correlation of data it was evidenced that in both health centers the prescriptions increase in accordance with the presence of the pandemic and with the ANOVA it is reaffirmed, since with a p less than α, with a level of significance of 95%, the alternative hypothesis that not all means are the same is accepted, that is to say, that the presence of COVID-19 influences the increase in prescriptions, for this reason a pharmacotherapeutic follow-up should be carried out and the patient should be educated about the importance of these medications so that the treatment can be efficient and effective and also addictions are avoided .