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Probability of initiating psychiatric medication use based on NPI symptom score levels
| Psychiatric medication | Patients on medication, % |
|
|---|---|---|
| symptom score <4 | symptom score ≥4 | |
| Antipsychotics | ||
| Linked to psychosis | 0.21 | 0.4 |
| Linked to anxiety | 0.22 | 0.37 |
| Linked to agitation | 0.23 | 0.33 |
| Antidepressants | ||
| Linked to depression | 0.34 | 0.6 |
| Linked to anxiety | 0.37 | 0.48 |
| Anxiolytics | ||
| Linked to depression | 0.21 | 0.34 |
| Linked to anxiety | 0.2 | 0.38 |
Source: Selbaek et al. [11] (2007).
