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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 4. The overlap between mental health problems and psychotropic prescriptions and their relation to consulting with an occupational injury.

Before the index date Cases (n=1348) N (%) Controls (n=6652) N (%) OR 95 % CI P-value
No prescription or MHP 854 (63.4) 4814 (72.3) 1
MHP but no prescription 128 (9.5) 522 (7.8) 1.41 (1.15-1.74) 0.001
Both MHP and a prescription 254 (18.8) 942 (14.2) 1.60 (1.36-1.89) <0.0001

MHP – mental health problem, as listed in Table 2; ‘Prescription’ – any of the classes of psychotropic drug listed in Table 3