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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Occup Environ Med. 2014 Mar 13;71(5):308–312. doi: 10.1136/oemed-2013-101948

Table 3. Relation between consulting with an occupational injury and being prescribed a hypnotic, anxiolytic or antidepressant drug.

Before the index date Cases (n=1348) N (%) Controls (n=6652) N (%) OR* 95 % CI P-value Attributable fraction in the exposed
Never prescribed any of these drugs 982 (72.8) 5336 (80.2) 1
Prescribed one or more of these drugs 366 (27.2) 1316 (19.8) 1.57 (1.36-1.81) <0.001 36.3%
Prescribed
 - Antidepressants 244 (18.1) 945 (14.2) 1.37 (1.17-1.62) <0.001 27.0%
 - Hypnotics 201 (14.9) 659 (9.9) 1.63 (1.37-1.94) <0.001 38.7%
 - Anxiolytics 147 (10.9) 443 (6.7) 1.74 (1.42-2.12) <0.001 42.5%
*

Adjusted for problem drinking

Some subjects had more than one treatment