Table 4 Practice and frequency of antipsychotic switching in patients with schizophrenia patients at the ambulatory ward of five comprehensive specialized hospitals, Northwest Ethiopia, 2021 (n = 414)
Variables | Category | Frequency (%) |
|---|---|---|
Antipsychotic switch | Yes | 188 (45.4) |
No | 226 (54.6) | |
Frequency of switching | Once | 171 (91) |
Twice | 17 (9) | |
Maintenance dose before switching | Sub-therapeutic | 386 (93.2) |
Optimum | 27 (6.5) | |
High | 1 (0.2) | |
Antipsychotic switch with the study sites | UoGCSH | |
 Had switching | 63 (51.6) | |
 No switching | 59 (48.4) | |
DMCSH | ||
 Had switching | 27 (35) | |
 No switching | 50 (75) | |
FHCSH | ||
 Had switching | 57 (45) | |
 No switching | 70 (35) | |
DTCSH | ||
 Had switching | 25 (52.1) | |
 No switching | 23 (47.9) | |
TGCSH | ||
 Had switching | 16 (40) | |
 No switching | 24 (60) | |