Table 3.

Multivariate logistic regression of opioid-based and psychotropic medication use among underserved African-American older adults (n = 740).

Independent Variables	Opioid-Based Medications			Psychotropic Medications
	OR	95% CI	Sig.	OR	95% CI	Sig.
Gender
Male	1.381	0.840–2.271	0.204	1.127	0.691–1.839	0.631
Female	1.00			1.00
Age	1.013	0.985–1.042	0.382	0.997	0.968–1.028	0.861
Education	0.984	0.892–1.085	0.742	1.093	0.965–1.236	0.161
Living Alone
No	1.137	0.718–1.799	0.584	1.147	0.712–1.848	0.572
Yes	1.00			1.00
Financial Strains	0.856	0.685–1.070	0.172	1.189	0.967–1.461	0.1
Continuity of Medical Care	0.941	0.680–1.302	0.712	0.96	0.692–1.331	0.805
HMO Membership
No	0.965	0.613–1.520	0.878	0.632	0.389–1.030	0.065
Yes	1.00			1.00
Self-rated Health Status	1.306	1.016–1.680	0.037	0.876	0.687–1.118	0.288
Sleeping disorder/Insomnia
No	1.097	0.676–1.782	0.707	1.125	0.693–1.828	0.633
Yes	1.00			1.00
Arthritis
No	2.087	1.148–3.795	0.016	1.309	0.755–2.270	0.337
Yes	1.00			1.00
Migraine Headache
No	0.977	0.577–1.655	0.932	1.634	0.984–2.714	0.058
Yes	1.00			1.00
Back pain
No	2.206	1.338–3.638	0.002	1.497	0.896–2.503	0.124
Yes	1.00			1.00
Level of Pain	1.122	1.006–1.251	0.038	1.126	1.008–1.258	0.036
Depressive Symptoms	0.965	0.881–1.056	0.436	1.143	1.053–1.241	0.001
Major Chronic Conditions	1.139	0.970–1.336	0.112	1.123	0.952–1.325	0.17
−2 Log Likelihood	557.659			531.068
Nagelkerke	0.161			0.2