Table 1.
Patient characteristics, total use of multidose dispensed drugs, and distribution of antiepileptic drugs by gender among elderly patients ≥65 years in nursing homes and home care services (n = 11254).
| Total group | Nursing homes | Home care services | ||||||||||||
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| Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | |||||||||
| Population | ||||||||||||||
| ≥65 years | 11254 | 100 | 2986 | 100 | 843 | 28.2 | 2143 | 71.8 | 8268 | 100 | 2566 | 31.0 | 5702 | 69.0 |
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| Non-AED users | ||||||||||||||
| n, % | 10372 | 92.1 | 2741 | 91.8 | 753 | 89.3 | 1988 | 92.8 | 7631 | 92.3 | 2315 | 90.2 | 5316 | 93.2 |
| Age (M), SD | 84.0 | 7.2 | 85.7 | 7.1 | 83.4 | 7.3 | 86.6 | 6.8 | 83.4 | 7.1 | 81.6 | 7.4 | 84.1 | 6.8 |
| Drugs (M), SD | 5.6 | 2.5 | 5.6 | 2.7 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 2.7 | 5.6 | 2.4 | 5.4 | 2.4 | 5.6 | 2.5 |
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| AED users | ||||||||||||||
| n, % | 882 | 7.8 | 245 | 8.2 | 90 | 10.7 | 155 | 7.2 | 637 | 7.7 | 251 | 9.8 | 386 | 6.8 |
| Age (M), SD | 79.0 | 8.2 | 81.0 | 8.3 | 78.9 | 7.1 | 82.3 | 8.8 | 78.2 | 8.1 | 76.4 | 7.9 | 79.4 | 8.0 |
| Drugs (M), SD | 7.0 | 2.8 | 7.3 | 3.0 | 7.1 | 2.8 | 7.3 | 3.1 | 7.0 | 2.7 | 6.6 | 2.7 | 7.2 | 2.6 |
AED, antiepileptic drug; M, mean; SD, standard deviation.