Table 1 Characteristics of study population and prevalence of psychotropic drug use at baseline
From: Psychotropic drug use among people with dementia – a six-month follow-up study
Cases, n | 278 |
Women, n (%) | 209 (75.2) |
Mean age ± SD | 82.0 ± 8.0 |
ADL score (4–24) mean ± SD | 12.6 ± 5.4 |
Cognitive score (0–27) mean ± SD | 10.7 ± 7.3 |
Antidepressant (N06A) use, n (%) | 150 (54.0) |
Anxiolytics, hypnotics and sedatives (N05B&C) use, n (%) | 131 (47.1) |
Anxiolytics drug (N05B) use, n (%) | 43 (15.5) |
Hypnotic and sedative drug (N05C) use, n (%) | 107 (38.5) |
Antipsychotic drug (N05A) use, n (%) | 111 (39.9) |
Any psychotropic drug use, n (%) | 229 (82.4) |