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. 2022 Jan 3;37(10):2345–2350. doi: 10.1007/s11606-021-07292-5

Table 3.

Adjusted Odds Ratio of Study Outcomes

Outcome Odds or rate* ratio Lower 2.5% confidence interval Upper 97.5% confidence interval p-value
Proportion of patients with new sedative initiation
  End of control odds 0.122 0.066 0.225 <0.001
  Start of intervention vs end of control 0.814 0.667 0.993 0.042
  Month 16 intervention vs end of control 0.522 0.413 0.659 <0.001
  Trend control period 0.984 0.962 1.006 0.151
  Trend intervention period 0.972 0.957 0.986 <.001
  Difference in trend intervention vs trend control 0.988 0.964 1.012 0.316
Total number of sedatives per 1000 inpatient days
  End of control rate 75 60 94 <0.001
  Start of intervention vs end of control * 0.73 0.582 0.917 0.007
  Month 16 intervention vs end of control* 0.803 0.739 0.872 <0.001
  Trend control period* 1.031 1.016 1.045 <0.001
  Trend Intervention period* 1.006 0.991 1.022 0.434
  Difference in trend intervention vs trend control* 0.976 0.96 0.993 0.006
Mortality (start of control vs end of intervention) 1.089 0.786 1.508 0.608
Falls per 1000 inpatient day* (start of control vs end of intervention) 0.819 0.625 1.073 0.148
Other sedative prescriptions (start of control vs end of intervention) 1.046 0.873 1.252 0.627

*Denotes Rate Ratio