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Table 3 Prevalence in use of psychotropic drugs according to nursing home admission

From: Prevalence and persistent use of psychotropic drugs in older adults receiving domiciliary care at baseline

 

A2

A3

NHA/no NHA

NHA/no NHA

(N = 89/510)

(N = 114/339)

Psychotropic drug use

Antipsychotics (AP)

11.2 / 3.5**

18.4 / 2.7***

 Traditional AP

7.9 / 3.1*

12.3 / 2.7***

 Atypical AP

4.5 / 0.4**

7.0 / 0

Antidepressants

33.7 / 17.8**

43.0 / 15.3***

Anxiolytics

20.2 / 10.4*

21.1 / 8.6**

Sedatives

25.8 / 20.6

32.5 / 19.5**

Anti-dementia drugs

23.6 / 7.6***

20.2 / 3.2***

Any PTD

67.4 / 41.6***

73.7 / 37.2***

  1. A2: Assessment 2, 18 months after baseline
  2. A3: Assessment 3, 36 months after baseline
  3. NHA Nursing home admission, no NHA Living at home, PTD Psychotropic drugs
  4. * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01; *** p < 0.001; p-values were calculated by generalized linear mixed model adjusting for municipality level if present
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BMC Geriatrics

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