Table 1.
Classification of severity, number of drugs acting over nervous system consumed by the patients and ICAF total score
| No. of drugsa | No. of patients (%) | ICAF total score Mean (SD) |
No. of patients (%) in the category | ICAF total score Mean (SD) in the category |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mild | 0 | 61 (26.3) | 47.23 (7.86) | 61 (26.3) | 47.23 (7.86) |
| Moderate | 1 | 73 (31.5) | 48.97 (8.94) | 124 (53.5) | 50.15 (8.81) |
| 2 | 51 (22.0) | 51.84 (8.42) | |||
| Severe | 3 | 29 (12.5) | 56.62 (9.95) | 47 (20.2) | 57.52 (10.53) |
| 4 | 14 (6.0) | 58.70 (12.98) | |||
| 5 | 4 (1.7) | 59.97 (4.59) | |||
| Total | 232 (100) | 232 (100) | |||
aIncludes antidepressants, benzodiazepines, hypnotics, anticonvulsants, antipsychotic and antihistaminic, with the exclusion of analgesics (any type) and NSAID