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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of included patients (n = 1720)

From: Effects of medication reviews on use of potentially inappropriate medications in elderly patients; a cross-sectional study in Swedish primary care

 

Nursing home n = 1508

Home care n = 212

p-value

Age, mean (SD)

87.7 (5.8)

86.3 (5.7)

< 0.01a

Female n (%)

1123 (74.5)

142 (67.0)

0.02b

Number of drugs per patient, mean (SD)

11.2 (4.6)

11.4 (4.3)

0.59a

 continuous drugs, mean (SD)

8.5 (3.6)

9.2 (3.3)

< 0.01a

 drugs as needed, mean (SD)

2.8 (2.1)

2.2 (2.0)

< 0.01a

Number of potentially inappropriate drugs, mean (SD)

0.30 (0.46)

0.27 (0.44)

0.35a

 Antipsychotics, mean (SD)

0.12 (0.33)

0.05 (0.21)

< 0.01a

 Long-acting benzodiazepines, mean (SD)

0.06 (0.24)

0.10 (0.31)

0.04a

 Anticholinergics, mean (SD)

0.09 (0.29)

0.09 (0.29)

0.90a

 Propiomazine, mean (SD)

0.02 (0.15)

0.05 (0.21)

0.09a

 Tramadol, mean (SD)

0.05 (0.23)

0.04 (0.20)

0.49a

Patients with ≥1 PIM, n (%)

453 (30.0)

57 (26.9)

0.35b

Patients with ≥3 psychotropics, n (%)

367 (24.3)

28 (13.2)

< 0.01b

DRPs, mean (SD)

2.2 (1.9)

2.4 (1.8)

0.21a

  1. SD standard deviation
  2. at-test, b Chi square test