Table 2.
Factors associated with a potentially inappropriate medication according to the Screening Tool of Older Person’s Prescription criteria.
| Associated factors | Odds ratio (95% CI) | P value | |||
| Woman | 1.43 (1.01-2.01) | .04 | |||
| Number of drugs | 1.25 (1.14-1.37) | <.001 | |||
| Social class | |||||
|
|
Unskilled | Reference | N/Aa | ||
|
|
Skilled worker in the primary sector | 1.45 (0.98-2.16) | .07 | ||
|
|
Supervisors, managers, and directors | 1.91 (1.25-2.93) | .003 | ||
| Usage of drugs in Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical classification system-nervous system group | 3.75 (2.43-5.76) | <.001 | |||
aN/A: not applicable.