Table 3 Number of different psychotropic drugs per patient, different psychotropic drug groups taken per patient and users within each drug group taken by patients identified with a diagnosis of emotional distress and with a psychotropic drug prescription in the 6 months after initial diagnosis and/or prescription (n=1227)
Cases (n= 1066) % (n) | Controls (n= 161) % (n) | P | |
|---|---|---|---|
Number of psychotropic drugs | |||
1 | 61.8 (659) | 80.7 (130) | <0.001 |
2 | 25.1 (268) | 17.4 (28) | |
3 | 9.8 (104) | 1.9 (3) | |
4 | 26 (2.4) | 0 (0) | |
5 | 0.8 (8) | 0 (0) | |
6 | 0.1 (1) | 0 (0) | |
Number of psychotropic drug groups | |||
1 | 64.1 (683) | 85.1 (137) | <0.001 |
2 | 28.2 (301) | 13.7 (22) | |
3 | 7.0 (75) | 1.2 (2) | |
4 | 0.7 (7) | 0 (0) | |
Users within each drug group | |||
Anxiolytics | 46.5 (496) | 37.9 (61) | 0.040 |
Hypnotics | 22.7 (242) | 7.5 (12) | <0.001 |
Antidepressants | 64.9 (692) | 62.7 (101) | 0.589 |
Tricyclic antidepressants | 35.1 (374) | 28.6 (46) | 0.104 |
Other antidepressants | 33.5 (357) | 36.6 (59) | 0.430 |
Antipsychotics | 8.8 (94) | 6.2 (10) | 0.268 |
Typical antipsychotics | 8.3 (89) | 3.1 (5) | 0.020 |
Atypical antipsychotics | 0.6 (6) | 3.1 (5) | 0.009 a |
Anti-manic | 0.9 (14) | 1.1 (2) | 1.000a |
Anti-alcohol | 0 (0) | 0.5 (1) | 0.131a |
