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Table 2 Logistic regression models for antipsychotic medication use among persons who did not exhibit BPS

From: Antipsychotics and dementia in Canada: a retrospective cross-sectional study of four health sectors

 

Odds ratio (95% Confidence interval)

 

Home care

Alternate level of care

Complex continuing care

Long term care nursing homes

C-Statistic

c = 0.67

c = 0.69

c = 0.71

c = 0.72

Variablea

Age

0.98 (0.97, 0.98)

0.98 (0.97, 0.99)

 

0.98 (0.98, 0.98)

Male

 

1.27 (1.08, 1.51)

0.89 (0.81, 0.98)

0.81 (0.79, 0.84)

Any psychiatric condition

1.54 (1.40, 1.70)

  

1.27 (1.23, 1.31)

Bipolar Disorder

NA

NA

5.63 (3.88, 8.17)

5.52 (5.01, 6.08)

Any neurological disorder

  

1.27 (1.14, 1.41)

1.56 (1.50, 1.62)

Delirium

1.34 (1.17, 1.54)

1.67 (1.40, 2.00)

0.80 (0.69, 0.93)

1.06 (1.00, 1.14)

Wandering

1.44 (1.24, 1.68)

1.83 (1.47, 2.28)

1.35 (1.18, 1.54)

1.26 (1.23, 1.29)

Anxious complaints

1.75 (1.56, 1.97)

1.77 (1.44, 2.17)

2.01(1.56, 2.59)

1.54 (1.48, 1.60)

Loss of appetite

 

0.67 (0.51, 0.87)

  

Sad, pained, worried facial expression

  

0.92 (0.86, 0.99)

 

Repetitive physical movements

  

1.21 (1.09, 1.34)

1.30 (1.26, 1.33)

Unrealistic Fears

   

1.30 (1.26, 1.35)

CHESS Scale

0.90 (0.86, 0.93)

0.85 (0.78, 0.92)

1.11 (1.07, 1.15)

0.94 (0.93, 0.95)

ADL Scale

   

0.97 (0.96, 0.97)

Conflict with others

1.18 (1.04, 1.34)

1.72 (1.35, 2.19)

  

Impaired cognitive skills for daily decision making

1.21 (1.15, 1.27)

1.37 (1.25, 1.49)

1.32 (1.25, 1.40)

1.69 (1.66, 1.72)

Physical restraint

NA

1.35 (1.06, 1.72)

1.35 (1.16, 1.57)

1.25 (1.19, 1.30)

Use of Psychotropic Medications

 Anti-depressants

1.63 (1.48, 1.79)

1.45 (1.22, 1.71)

1.43 (1.30, 1.58)

1.68 (1.64, 1.73)

 Hypnotics

1.32 (1.20, 1.45)

   

 Anti-anxiety

  

0.95 (0.91, 0.99)

 
  1. aCells left blank indicate the variable was not significant while cells denoted as NA indicate the variable was not available for that health sector