| N (%) | Bangladesh | India | Pakistan | Japan | Singapore |
n = | 99 | 479 | 298 | 229 | 171 | |
Polypharmacy (More than 1 antipsychotic) | N % | 45 (45.5) | 123 (25.7) | 154 (51.7) | 126 (55.0) | 90 (52.6) |
Mean number of antipsychotic used | mean SD | 1.5 0.5 | 1.3 0.5 | 1.6 0.8 | 1.8 0.9 | 1.6 0.6 |
Sum of each antipsychotic’s PDD/DDD | mean SD | 2.17 1.01 | 1.33 0.92 | 1.79 1.47 | 2.29 1.79 | 1.47 0.99 |
Mood stabilizer used | N % | 1 (1.0) | 34 (7.1) | 77 (25.8) | 69 (30.1) | 30 (17.5) |
Antidepressant used | N % | 0 0 | 73 (15.2) | 56 (18.8) | 6 (2.6) | 40 (23.4) |
Anxiolytics used | N % | 39 (39.4) | 151 (31.5) | 166 (55.7) | 73 (31.9) | 53 (31.0) |
Hypnotics used | N % | 4 (4.0) | 7 (1.5) | 21 (7.0) | 140 (61.1) | 10 (5.8) |
Anti-Pparkinsonian drug used | N % | 87 (87.9) | 180 (37.6) | 207 (69.5) | 90 (39.3) | 69 (40.4) |