Table 4.
Change in Medication Use Between Admission and Discharge.
| Unadjusted total group over time |
Compared by treatment group and adjusted* |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medication group | Admission N (%) | Discharge N (%) | Wald Statistic | F(p) | Wald Statistic | F(p) |
| Antidepressant | .001 | .39 (.53) | .001 | .003 (.96) | ||
| Yes | 117 (38) | 114 (37) | ||||
| No | 192 (62) | 195 (63) | ||||
| Antianxiety | .008 | .22 (.64) | .001 | .28 (.60) | ||
| Yes | 42 (13) | 36 (12) | ||||
| No | 267 (87) | 273 (88) | ||||
| Anticonvulsant | .001 | .22 (.64) | .013 | 2.86 (.09) | ||
| Yes | 72 (23) | 74 (24) | ||||
| No | 237 (77) | 235 (76) | ||||
| Dementia | .003 | .77 (.38) | .007 | 1.65 (.20) | ||
| Yes | 53 (17) | 57 (18) | ||||
| No | 256 (83) | 252 (82) | ||||
| Antipsychotic | .029 | 8.77 (.003) | .012 | 2.74 (.10) | ||
| Yes | 50 (16) | 66 (21) | ||||
| No | 259 (84) | 243 (79) | ||||
| Opioid | .004 | 1.32 (.25) | .007 | 1.51 (.22) | ||
| Yes | 60 (19) | 55 (18) | ||||
| No | 249 (81) | 254 (82) | ||||
| Sedative-hypnotic | .00 | .00 (1.00) | .001 | .033 (.86) | ||
| Yes | 13 (4) | 13 (4) | ||||
| No | 296 (96) | 296 (96) | ||||
*
Adjusted for age, gender, cognition, race, and comorbidities.