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Table 2 Prescribed psychotropic medication.

From: Psychotropic medication use among nursing home residents in Austria: a cross-sectional study

Residents with at least one prescription of ...

n = 1375

ICCC

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

  1. Values are cluster-adjusted percentages (95% confidence interval) and intracluster correlation coefficients (ICCC).