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. 2018 May 22;6:e4614. doi: 10.7717/peerj.4614

Table 4. Associations of potentially inappropriate use of BZD and z-drugs and patient related factors.

Predictors OR 95% CI p
Female sex 0.648 0.303 1.386 0.264
Higher age 1.023 0.988 1.060 0.193
Unmarried 2.440 0.905 6.580 0.078
Living alone 2.620 0.707 9.707 0.149
Unemployment 2.898 1.176 7.141 0.021*
Care dependency 1.819 0.651 5.085 0.254
Mild anxiety (GAD-7-score) 0.404 0.086 1.891 0.250
Minor depression (PHQ-9-score) 7.208 1.425 0.282 0.668
Problematically alcohol use (Audit-C-score) 1.579 0.653 3.820 0.311
Problematically medication use (KFM-score) 4.741 2.161 0.985 0.055*
Problematically sleep (PSQI-score) 0.928 0.459 1.876 0.835
Necessity of BZD (BMQ-N-score) 1.259 0.714 1.579 0.204
Concerns about BZD (BMQ-C-score) 1.061 0.714 1.579 0.768
Mental quality of life (SF12-M-score) 1.036 0.991 1.083 0.117
Physical quality of life (SF12-P-score) 1.033 0.992 1.075 0.120

Notes.

Nagelkerke’s R2 = 0.241

Hosmer-Lemeshow Goodness-of-Fit Test χ2 = 10.250, p = 0.248

*

p < 0.05.

**

p < 0.01.

***

p < 0.001.

Abbreviations

OR
odds ratio
PSQI
Pittsburgh Sleep quality Index
PHQ-9
Patient Health Questionnaire
GAD-7
Generalized Anxiety Disorder questionnaire
AUDIT-I
Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test Consumption
BMQ
Beliefs about Medicines Questionnaire specific
N
necessity
C
concerns
KFM
short questionnaire of medication use
SF12
short version of health related quality of life (HRQL)
P
physical
M
mental