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Kodaka F, Ohi K, Yasuda Y, Fujimoto M, Yamamori H, Hasegawa N, Ito S, Fukumoto K, Matsumoto J, Miura K, Yasui-Furukori N, Hashimoto R. Relationships Between Adherence to Guideline Recommendations for Pharmacological Therapy Among Clinicians and Psychotic Symptoms in Patients With Schizophrenia. Int J Neuropsychopharmacol 2023; 26:557-565. [PMID: 37381793 PMCID: PMC10464927 DOI: 10.1093/ijnp/pyad037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2023] [Accepted: 06/28/2023] [Indexed: 06/30/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Clinician adherence to guideline recommendations in the pharmacological therapy of schizophrenia is important for favorable patient outcomes. To evaluate whether prescriptions followed the guidelines for pharmacological therapy of schizophrenia, we recently developed a summary indicator of multiple quality indicators: the individual fitness score (IFS). It is unclear whether adherence to the guidelines is related to patient outcomes. Here, we investigated correlations between the IFS values and psychotic symptoms in patients with schizophrenia. METHODS We assessed whether patients' current prescriptions adhered to the guideline recommendations using the IFS in 47 patients with treatment-resistant schizophrenia (TRS) and 353 patients with non-TRS (total n = 400), respectively. We investigated correlations between the IFS and total scores and scores on the 5 subscales of the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS). Furthermore, we explored correlations between over 2-year longitudinal changes in IFS values and changes in psychotic symptoms in some patients (n = 77). RESULTS We found significant negative correlation between the IFS and PANSS total score in all patients with schizophrenia (β = -0.18, P = 9.80 × 10-5). The IFS was significantly and nominally negatively correlated with the PANSS total score in patients with non-TRS (Spearman's rho = -0.15, P = 4.40 × 10-3) and patients with TRS (rho = -0.37, P = .011), respectively. The IFS was also significantly and nominally negatively correlated with several factors, such as the negative and depressed factors, in patients with non-TRS and patients with TRS, respectively (P < .05). Furthermore, the change in IFS values was marginally negatively correlated with the changes in PANSS total scores and scores on the positive and depressed factors (P < .05). CONCLUSIONS These findings suggest that efforts to improve clinician adherence to guideline recommendations for pharmacological therapy of schizophrenia, as assessed by the IFS, may lead to better outcomes in patients with schizophrenia.
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Affiliation(s)
- Fumitoshi Kodaka
- Department of Psychiatry, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan
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- Department of Pathology of Mental Diseases, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Japan
- Life Grow Brilliant Mental Clinic, Medical Corporation Foster, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Pathology of Mental Diseases, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Japan
- Department of Psychiatry, Osaka University, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Pathology of Mental Diseases, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Japan
- Department of Psychiatry, Osaka University, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
- Community Health Care Organization Osaka Hospital, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Pathology of Mental Diseases, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Japan
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- Department of Pathology of Mental Diseases, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, School of Medicine, Iwate Medical University, Iwate, Japan
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- Department of Pathology of Mental Diseases, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Japan
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- Department of Pathology of Mental Diseases, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Dokkyo Medical University School of Medicine, Mibu, Japan
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- Department of Pathology of Mental Diseases, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Japan
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Fukumoto K, Kodaka F, Hasegawa N, Muraoka H, Hori H, Ichihashi K, Yasuda Y, Iida H, Ohi K, Ochi S, Ide K, Hashimoto N, Usami M, Nakamura T, Komatsu H, Okada T, Nagasawa T, Furihata R, Atake K, Kido M, Kikuchi S, Yamagata H, Kishimoto T, Makinodan M, Horai T, Takeshima M, Kubota C, Asami T, Katsumoto E, Hishimoto A, Onitsuka T, Matsumoto J, Miura K, Yamada H, Yasui-Furukori N, Watanabe K, Inada K, Otsuka K, Hashimoto R. Development of an individual fitness score (IFS) based on the depression treatment guidelines of in the Japanese Society of Mood Disorders. Neuropsychopharmacol Rep 2023; 43:33-39. [PMID: 36394160 PMCID: PMC10009429 DOI: 10.1002/npr2.12301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2022] [Revised: 10/09/2022] [Accepted: 10/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
AIM Treatment guidelines are designed to assist patients and health care providers and are used as tools for making treatment decisions in clinical situations. The treatment guidelines of the Japanese Society of Mood Disorders establish treatment recommendations for each severity of depression. The individual fitness score (IFS) was developed as a simple and objective indicator to assess whether individual patients are practicing treatment by the recommendations of the depression treatment guidelines of the Japanese Society of Mood Disorders. METHODS The EGUIDE project members determined the IFS through the modified Delphi method. In this article, the IFS was calculated based on the treatment of depressed patients treated and discharged between 2016 and 2020 at facilities participating in the EGUIDE project. In addition, we compared scores at admission and discharge. RESULTS The study included 428 depressed patients (mild n = 22, moderate/severe n = 331, psychotic n = 75) at 57 facilities. The mean IFS scores by severity were statistically significantly higher at discharge than at admission with moderate/severe depression (mild 36.1 ± 34.2 vs. 41.6 ± 36.9, p = 0.49; moderate/severe 50.2 ± 33.6 vs. 55.7 ± 32.6, p = 2.1 × 10-3; psychotic 47.4 ± 32.9 versus 52.9 ± 36.0, p = 0.23). CONCLUSION We developed the IFS based on the depression treatment guideline, which enables us to objectively determine how close the treatment is to the guideline at the time of evaluation in individual cases. Therefore, the IFS may influence guideline-oriented treatment behavior and lead to the equalization of depression treatment in Japan, including pharmacotherapy.
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- Kentaro Fukumoto
- Department of Neuropsychiatry, School of Medicine, Iwate Medical University, Iwate, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pathology of Mental Diseases, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pathology of Mental Diseases, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Japan.,Life Grow Brilliant Mental Clinic, Medical Corporation Foster, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Molecules and Function, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Ehime, Japan
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- Department of Hospital Pharmacy, Hospital of University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido, Japan
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Kohnodai Hospital, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Kanazawa Medical University, Uchinada, Japan
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- Agency for Student Support and Disability Resources, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corporation Kyushu Health Administration Center, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Kido Clinic, Toyama, Japan.,Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Toyama Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toyama, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan
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- Division of Neuropsychiatry, Department of Neuroscience, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi, Japan
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- Hills Joint Research Laboratory for Future Preventive Medicine and Wellness, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita City, Japan
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- National Center Hospital, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Neuroimaging Psychiatry, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Pathology of Mental Diseases, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Japan
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- Department of Pathology of Mental Diseases, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Japan
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- Department of Pathology of Mental Diseases, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Japan.,Department of Neuropsychiatry, Hyogo Medical University, Hyogo, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Dokkyo Medical University School of Medicine, Mibu, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, School of Medicine, Kyorin University, Mitaka, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, School of Medicine, Iwate Medical University, Iwate, Japan
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- Department of Pathology of Mental Diseases, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Japan
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