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. 2020 Apr 3;13(4):61. doi: 10.3390/ph13040061

Table 2.

Other driving-impairing medicines (DIMs) used concomitantly with antidepressants.

ATC Code Description Population % (95CI) Drivers % (95CI)
Yearly Use Daily Use Yearly Use Daily Use
Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female
N05B Ansyolitics 53.65 (53.36–53.94) 60.80 (60.51–61.09) 61.21 (60.52–61.89) 69.3 (68.91–69.68) 55.22 (54.75–55.7) 61.89 (61.42–62.37) 62.75 (61.97–63.53) 71.85 (71.09–72.60)
Χ² = 1026.420; p = 0.001 Χ² = 845.748; p = 0.001 Χ² = 6479.230; p = 0.001 Χ² = 2593.569; p = 0.001
N02A Opioids 20.84 (20.5–21.17) 28.61 (28.38–28.84) 20.77 (20.20–21.34) 31.76 (31.37–32.15) 20.53 (20.14–20.91) 23.33 (22.92–23.74) 20.43 (19.78–21.08) 26.49 (25.75–27.23)
Χ² = 399.964, p = 0.001 Χ² = 378.297, p = 0.001 Χ² = 3344.400, p = 0.001 Χ² = 1178.273, p = 0.001
N02B Other analgesics and antipiretics 16.15 (15.84–16.45) 20.59 (20.39–20.8) 15.96 (15.45–16.47) 22.53 (22.18–22.88) 15.40 (15.06–15.74) 16 (15.64–16.35) 15.08 (14.50–15.66) 17.67 (17.03–18.31)
Χ² = 229.200, p = 0.001 Χ² = 201.621, p = 0.001 Χ² = 2612.735, p = 0.001 Χ² = 939.163, p = 0.001
N05C Hypnotics and Sedatives 17.33 (17.01–17.64) 17.16 (16.97–17.36) 18.63 (18.08–19.18) 19.81 (19.48–20.14) 16.97 (16.61–17.33) 14.64 (14.30–14.98) 18.56 (17.93–19.19) 18.85 (18.19–19.50)
Χ² = 235.223, p = 0.001 Χ² = 188.963, p = 0.001 Χ² = 2087.480, p = 0.001 Χ² = 835.451, p = 0.001
N03A Antiepileptics 19.14 (18.82–19.47) 16.28 (16.09–16.47) 24.48 (23.88–25.08) 20.93 (20.59–21.27) 20.24 (19.86–20.62) 17.67 (17.30–18.04) 26.30 (25.59–27.01) 25.58 (24.84–26.31)
Χ² = 362.380, p = 0.001 Χ² = 359.500, p = 0.001 Χ² = 1878.187, p = 0.001 Χ² = 775.130, p = 0.001
N05A Antipsychotics 20.73 (20.40–21.06) 15.43 (15.25–15.62) 29.39 (28.75–30.03) 20.20 (19.86–20.53) 20.71 (20.32–21.09) 13.44 (13.11–13.77) 30.76 (30.02–31.51) 20.96 (20.27–21.64)
Χ² = 1082.860, p = 0.001 Χ² = 876.871, p = 0.001 Χ² = 1435.496, p = 0.001 Χ² = 610.888, p = 0.001
Average of Driving Impairing Medicines. Population Antidepressants Use 2.74 ± 1.14 2.76 ± 1.18 2.86 ± 1.12 2.92 ± 1.23 2.73 ± 1.31 2.59 ± 1.37 2.89 ± 1.35 2.88 ± 1.43
t = −2.951; p = 0.003 t = −7.255; p = 0.001 t = 20.608; p = 0.001 t = 1.150; p = 0.250

Abbreviations: 95CI. confidence interval.