Antipsychotic Prescribing Pathways for Schizophrenia in the UAE, 2018-2025
by Syed Ali Bokhari·Updated 8d ago
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Description
A retrospective cohort study of 5,125 patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders treated at Al Amal Psychiatric Hospital in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, between January 2018 and December 2025. The dataset, authored by Syed Ali Bokhari and shared on figshare, examines six domains of antipsychotic prescribing, including first-line selection, treatment persistence, and polypharmacy. The cohort represented 120 nationalities, with a mean age of 33.3 years and 62.7% male.
Use Cases
Analyze treatment persistence and modification patterns based on the reported median persistence of 36 days for first oral antipsychotic.
Study ethnic variation in prescribing practices based on the cohort representing 120 nationalities.
Investigate clozapine underutilization based on the finding that only 7.8% of treatment-resistant patients received it.
Model long-acting injectable utilization trends based on the reported 19-fold acceleration in initiation from 2018-2020 to 2024-2025.
Strengths
Includes 5,125 patient records, described as the largest Gulf-region cohort for this topic.
Covers a defined 8-year time range from January 2018 to December 2025.
Examines six specific clinical domains with detailed statistical results provided in the description.
Limitations
Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Row count for the underlying data is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Data is from a single hospital in Dubai, which may limit generalizability to other settings.
Provenance
Source
Electronic medical records from Al Amal Psychiatric Hospital, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Collection Method
Retrospective cohort study employing Kaplan–Meier survival analysis, Cox proportional hazards models, and logistic regression.
Time Range
January 2018 to December 2025
Freshness
Last updated 2026-05-29 06:13:43; freshness should be verified.
Geography
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
The primary data file is a 24.4 KB DOCX document, which is a very small file likely containing a summary or data sheet rather than the full raw dataset.