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Table 3 APD prescription details

From: Use of antipsychotic drugs during radiotherapy in adult cancer patients in Korea: a nationwide retrospective cohort study based on the national health insurance service database

 

RT

CCRT

 

Total patients prescribed APD

Patients prescribed APD during RT

Total patients prescribed APD

Patients prescribed APD during CCRT

APD prescription time

N = 107,984

N = 41,118

N = 24,623

N = 8,129

Pre-RT

28,085 (26.01%)

12,655 (30.78%)

5,262 (21.37%)

2,061 (25.35%)

During RT

28,463 (26.36%)

28,463 (69.22%)

6,068 (24.64%)

6,068 (74.65%)

After RT

51,436 (47.63%)

16,329 (39.71%)

13,293 (35.06%)

2,990 (36.78%)

60 ~ 365days

21,725 (20.12%)

10,979 (26.70%)

6,146 (16.21%)

2,201 (27.07%)

> 365days

29,711 (27.51%)

5,350 (13.01%)

7,147 (18.85%)

789 (9.70%)

APD duration

-

 

-

 

Within 3 months

 

36,511 (88.8%)

 

7,542 (92.78%)

Over 3months

 

4,607 (11.2%)

 

587 (7.22%)

APD dose *

N = 86,808

N = 38,108

N = 19,806

N = 7,742

Low dose

79,168 (91.2%)

36,140 (94.8%)

17,984(90.8%)

7,299 (94.3%)

High dose

7,830 (11.8%)

1,968 (5.2%)

1,822 (9.2%)

443 (5.7%)

  1. RT: radiotherapy, CCRT: concomitant chemo-radiotherapy, APD: antipsychotic drugs, * Based on monotherapy