Table 3 Characteristics associated with psychotropic medication prescription.

Age

(Years, continuous variable; AOR per 1 year increase)

0.99 (0.98–1.00)

0.025

Male

(Reference: female)

0.71 (0.54–0.93)

0.013

Level of long-term care need ≥ 4

(Reference: 0–3)

1.70 (1.28–2.26)

<0.001

Legal guardian designated

(Reference: no)

1.10 (0.86–1.41)

0.452

Fall during preceding 12 months

(Reference: no)

1.66 (1.26–2.18)

<0.001

Permanent restlessness

(ordinal 1–2–3–4, reference: 1 = never; AOR per 1 unit increase)

1.52 (1.30–1.76)

<0.001

Permanently handling things inappropriately

(ordinal 1–2–3–4, reference: 1 = never; AOR per 1 unit increase)

0.97 (0.83–1.14)

0.728

Permanent negative attitude

(ordinal 1–2–3–4, reference: 1 = never; AOR per 1 unit increase)

1.13 (0.98–1.30)

0.100

Permanent aggression

(ordinal 1–2–3–4, reference: 1 = never; AOR per 1 unit increase)

0.87 (0.71–1.06)

0.169

Cognitive impairment (cut-off ≥ 4)

(Reference score = 3)

0.70 (0.56–0.88)

0.002