Pain treatment for nursing home residents differs according to cognitive state – a cross-sectional study

BMC Geriatrics

Table 5 Subgroups of analgesics - descriptive statistics

Subgroup of analgesics^a
		all	CUS^b	CI-V^c	CI-NV^d
weak cyclooxygenase (COX) inhibitors (Metamizol, Paracetamol)	PP and PRN	80.1 %	79.7 %	78.9 %	83.7 %
	PP	32.3 %	31.2 %	35.7 %	30.4 %
	PRN	82.6 %	81.4 %	81.1 %	90.2 %
Topical analgesics	PP and PRN	40.5 %	43.0 %	38.9 %	32.7 %
	PP	47.5 %	49.3 %	48.2 %	34.8 %
	PRN	15.7 %	15.7 %	23.2 %	22.0 %
Opioids	PP and PRN	39.9 %	41.1 %	42.2 %	30.6 %
	PP	50.2 %	50.0 %	50.0 %	52.2 %
	PRN	21.6 %	20.9 %	27.2 %	14.6 %
NSAIDs	PP and PRN	36.7 %	44.4 %*	28.9 %*	18.4 %*
	PP	26.7 %	30.4 %	23.2 %	13.0 %
	PRN	29.3 %	35.5 %*	20.3 %*	19.5 %

^aPercentages are based on residents who had at least one prescription of each subgroup (PP and PRN, PP, PRN); significant test results are marked with *(p < 0.05)
^b cognitively unimpaired/slightly impaired, ^c cognitively moderately to severely impaired, verbally communicating, ^d cognitively moderately to severely impaired, not verbally communicating

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