[Use of antipsychotics in patients with dementia in Spain: Comparison with prescription of acetylcholinesterase inhibitors and memantine and analysis of associations].

Objective: We have analyzed the prevalence of antipsychotics in patients with dementia in Spain, their age distribution and the influence of treatment with IACEs and memantine on their prescription.

Method: Descriptive, retrospective and cross-sectional study of the 2017 BIFAP database in over 65 years of age with dementia. Prescriptions of antipsychotics, IACEs and memantine were collected.