From: Psychotropic medication use among nursing home residents in Austria: a cross-sectional study
Residents with at least one prescription of ... | n = 1375 | ICCC |
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Any psychotropic medication | 74.6 (72.0–77.2) | 0.016 |
Antipsychotic medication | 45.9 (42.7–49.1) | 0.023 |
Conventional, low potency | 31.5 (28.4–34.5) | 0.025 |
Conventional, middle and high potency | 6.4 (5.2–7.7) | 0.006 |
Atypical | 19.5 (17.2–21.8) | 0.014 |
Anxiolytic medication | 22.2 (20.0–24.5) | 0.009 |
Benzodiazepine | 21.6 (19.3–23.9) | 0.011 |
Other | 0.9 (0.4–1.3) | 0.000 |
Hypnotic medication | 13.3 (11.3–15.4) | 0.017 |
Benzodiazepine | 11.4 (9.6–13.3) | 0.015 |
Zolpidem, Zopiclon | 2.0 (1.4–2.6) | 0.000 |
Antidepressant medication | 36.8 (34.1–39.6) | 0.012 |
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor | 30.8 (28.2–33.5) | 0.013 |
Tricyclic | 8.2 (7.0–9.5) | 0.000 |
Other | 2.1 (1.3–2.9) | 0.015 |