Table 1 Baseline Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Residents and Facility factors by Antidepressant Drug Usea
Antidepressant Use | |||
|---|---|---|---|
No (n = 2592) | Yes (n = 1431) | p-value | |
Demographic factors | |||
Age | |||
< 65 | 112 (4,3) | 64 (4,5) | 0,02 |
≥ 65–75 | 286 (11,0) | 186 (13,0) | |
≥ 75–85 | 869 (33,5) | 509 (35,6) | |
≥ 85 | 1325 (51,1) | 672 (47,0) | |
Female gender | 1877 (72,4) | 1068 (74,6) | 0,13 |
Facility factors | |||
Area | |||
Urban | 2053 (79,2) | 1183 (82,7) | 0,008 |
Rural | 539 (20,8) | 248 (17,3) | |
Residential beds | |||
0–49 | 244 (9,4) | 183 (12,8) | 0,63 |
50–99 | 368 (14,2) | 187 (13,1) | |
100–199 | 1294 (49,9) | 581 (40,6) | |
≥ 200 | 686 (26,5) | 480 (33,5) | |
Dementia Care Unit | 1877 (86,8) | 1088 (89,8) | 0,01 |
Geriatrician | 1194 (46,1) | 681 (47,6) | 0,35 |
Pharmacist | 543 (20,9) | 364 (25,4) | 0,001 |
Psychiatrist | 664 (25,6) | 428 (29,9) | 0,003 |
Patient characteristics | |||
Behavioral symptoms | 536 (20,7) | 333 (23,3) | 0,06 |
Psychotic symptoms | 233 (9,0) | 178 (12,4) | 0,001 |
Functional impairment | |||
Mild | 456 (17,6) | 288 (20,2) | 0,02 |
Moderate | 1066 (41,2) | 595 (41,7) | |
Severe | 1063 (41,1) | 544 (38,1) | |
Cognitive impairment | |||
None/Mild | 760 (29,8) | 461 (32,5) | 0,06 |
Moderate | 941 (36,9) | 569 (40,1) | |
Severe | 846 (33,2) | 388 (27,4) | |
Social engagement | |||
Low | 803 (31,5) | 341 (24,0) | < 0,001 |
Med | 699 (27,4) | 453 (31,9) | |
High | 1048 (41,1) | 625 (44,0) | |
Symptoms and Diagnoses | |||
Depressive symptoms | 670 (26,3) | 598 (42,2) | < 0,001 |
Anxiety | 218 (8,4) | 243 (17,1) | < 0,001 |
Schizophrenia | 96 (3,7) | 28 (2,0) | 0,002 |
Bipolar disorder | 37 (1,4) | 33 (2,3) | 0,04 |
Sleep disorder | 553 (21,4) | 377 (26,5) | < 0,001 |
Pain | 834 (32,3) | 614 (43,0) | < 0,001 |
Falls | 436 (17,0) | 310 (22,0) | < 0,001 |
Stroke/CVA | 559 (21,7) | 327 (23,0) | 0,34 |
Coronary heart disease | 685 (26,6) | 365 (25,7) | 0,55 |
Congestive heart failure | 445 (17,2) | 263 (18,5) | 0,31 |
COPD | 236 (9,1) | 134 (9,4) | 0,77 |
Cancer | 262 (10,1) | 173 (12,1) | 0,05 |