ArticleBMC public health2010
Socioeconomic determinants of psychotropic drug utilisation among elderly: a national population-based cross-sectional study.
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- Potentially inappropriate prescribing (PIP) in older people and its association with socioeconomic deprivation-a systematic review and narrative synthesis.BMC geriatrics · 2024Pooled it
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- Psychoactive medication use and risk of suicide in long-term care facility residents.International journal of geriatric psychiatry · 2022Article
- Racial-Ethnic Variations in Potentially Inappropriate Psychotropic Medication Use Among the Elderly.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2019Article
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- Variation of polypharmacy in older primary care attenders occurs at prescriber level.BMC geriatrics · 2018Article
- Time Trend in Psychotropic Medication Use in Spain: A Nationwide Population-Based Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2016Article
- Socioeconomic inequalities in access to specialized psychotropic prescribing among older Swedes: a register-based study.European journal of public health · 2014Article
- Pharmacotherapy of Bipolar Affective Disorder: A Hospital based Study from Sub Himalayan Valley of Nepal.Journal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR · 2014Article
- Trends in inappropriate drug therapy prescription in the elderly in Sweden from 2006 to 2013: assessment using national indicators.Drugs & aging · 2014Article
- Socio demographic profile and utilization pattern of antipsychotic drugs among schizophrenic inpatients: a cross sectional study from western region of Nepal.BMC psychiatry · 2013Article
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Abstract
backgroundPsychotropic drugs are commonly utilised among the elderly. This study aimed to analyse whether two socioeconomic determinants - income and marital status - are associated with differences in utilisation of psychotropic drugs and potentially inappropriate psychotropic drugs among elderly in Sweden.
methodsAll individuals aged 75 years and older who had purchased a psychotropic drug in Sweden during 2006 were included (68.7% women, n = 384712). Data was collected from national individual-based registers. Outcome measures were utilisation of three or more psychotropic drugs and utilisation of potentially inappropriate psychotropic drugs, as classified by the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare.
resultsIndividuals with low income were more likely to utilise three or more psychotropic drugs compared to those with high income; adjusted odds ratio (aOR) 1.12 (95% confidence interval [CI] 1.10-1.14). The non-married had a higher probability for utilising three or more psychotropic drugs compared to the married (aOR 1.22; CI 1.20-1.25). The highest probability was observed among the divorced and the never married. Potentially inappropriate psychotropic drugs were more common among individuals with low compared to high income (aOR 1.14; CI 1.13-1.16). Compared to the married, potentially inappropriate psychotropic drug utilisation occurred more commonly among the non-married (aOR 1.08; CI 1.06-1.10). The never married and the divorced had the highest probability.
conclusionsThere was an association between socioeconomic determinants and psychotropic drug utilisation. The probability for utilising potentially inappropriate psychotropics was higher among individuals with low income and among the non-married.
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