Table 2 Sedative load for residential care home residents with dementia
From: Sedative load of medications prescribed for older people with dementia in care homes
| Â | Number of residents with sedative load at each time point | Â | Â | Â | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Care Home 1 | Care Home 2 | Care Home 3 | Care Home 4 | Care Home 5 | Care Home 6 | Total (%) | ||||||||||||||
Sedative Load | BL | TP 2 | TP 3 | BL | TP 2 | TP 3 | BL | TP 2 | TP 3 | BL | TP 2 | TP 3 | BL | TP 2 | TP 3 | BL | TP 2 | TP 3 | BL | TP 2 | TP 3 |
0 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 38 (33.0) | 30 (26.8) | 30 (28.5) |
1 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 41 (35.7) | 42 (37.5) | 38 (36.2) |
2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 22 (19.1) | 24 (21.4) | 22 (21.0) |
3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 (9.6) | 12 (10.7) | 10 (9.5) |
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.9) | 3 (2.7) | 3 (2.9) |
5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.9) | 1 (0.9) | 2 (1.9) |
6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.9) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Total | 20 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 30 | 27 | 25 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 115 (100.0) | 112 (100.0) | 105 (100.0) |