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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: West J Nurs Res. 2021 May 28;44(9):812–821. doi: 10.1177/01939459211018822

Table 4.

Differences in Medication Use By Gender

Medication Male Female χ2 P*
N(%) N(%)

Anticonvulsant Medication 4.19 .04
 Yes 59(24%) 113(18%)
 No 190(76%) 527(82%)
Anxiolytics .04 .85
 Yes 48(19%) 27(20%)
 No 201(81%) 513(80%)
Antidepressants .02 .91
 Yes 88(35%) 229(36%)
 No 161(65%) 411(64%)
Antipsychotics .69 .40
 Yes 47(19%) 137(21%)
 No 202(81%) 503(79%)
Sedative Hypnotics .02 .89
 Yes 1(.5%) 3(.5%)
 No 248(99.5%) 637(99.5%)
*

p<.05