Table 1. Patient characteristics with medication intake according to prescription type.
| Characteristic | Appropriate users | Inappropriate users | Total | Test (df) | p | d/V |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | χ2 (1) | 0.991 | 0.00 | |||
| Female | 68.5% | 68.5% | 68.5% | |||
| Male | 31.5% | 31.5% | 31.5% | |||
| Age, M (SD) | 68.4 (12.7) | 73.7 (15.0) | 72.1 (14.5)** | t-test (303) | 0.004 | 0.37 |
| Marital status | * | χ2 (1) | 0.027 | 0.19 | ||
| Unmarried | 49.5% | 62.4% | 58.6% | |||
| Married | 50.5% | 37.6% | 51.4% | |||
| Living situation | χ2 (2) | 0.919 | 0.02 | |||
| With children/partner | 54.0% | 53.0% | 53.3% | |||
| Alone | 36.0% | 35.5% | 35.6% | |||
| Retirement home | 10.0% | 11.5% | 11.1% | |||
| Employment | ** | χ2 (1) | 0.004 | 0.16 | ||
| Unemployed | 73.5% | 86.6% | 82.6% | |||
| Employed | 26.5% | 13.4% | 17.4% | |||
| Care dependency | χ2 (1) | 0.060 | 0.10 | |||
| Yes | 19.4% | 29.4% | 26.4% | |||
| No | 80.6% | 70.6% | 73.6% | |||
| Primary medication | *** | χ2 (17) | 0.000 | 0.00 | ||
| Zopiclon | 29.2% | 42.0% | 38.1% | |||
| Oxazepam | 20.8% | 17.0% | 18.1% | |||
| Lorazepam | 18.8% | 11.6% | 13.8% | |||
| Zolpidem | 6.3% | 11.2% | 9.7% | |||
| Diazepam | 11.5% | 3.6% | 5.9% | |||
| Bromazepam | 8.3% | 1.3% | 3.4% | |||
| Other | 5.2% | 13.4% | 10.9% | |||
| Defined daily dose DDD, M (SD) | 0.62 (0.40) | 0.76 (0.48) | 0.73 (0.47)* | t-test (212) | 0.034 | 0.31 |
| N | 102 | 238 | 340 |
Notes.
Abbreviations
- N
- number
- df
- degrees of freedom
- d
- effect size
- M
- mean
- SD
- standard deviation
- p
- significance T- and χ2-Test
*
p < 0.05.
**
p < 0.01.
***
p < 0.001.