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Table 4 Factors associated with polypharmacy

From: Polypharmacy among children and adolescents with psychiatric disorders in a mental referral hospital in Botswana

Risk factors

Wald

df

p-value

OR

95% CI

Lower

Upper

Age groupa

.850

1

.356

1.786

.521

6.124

Diagnosisb

.001

1

.974

1.021

.291

3.587

Psychiatrist carec

1.557

1

.212

.347

.066

1.829

Birth orderd

3.503

1

.061

.376

.135

1.047

Psychiatric comorbiditye

5.122

1

.024

3.374

1.177

9.673

Psychotropic side effectf

7.424

1

.006

5.782

1.636

20.430

  1. Significant test of association in italics, OR  odds ratio, CI  confidence interval, df  degree of freedom
  2. a> 10 years
  3. bInternalizing disorders
  4. cPsychiatrist care given
  5. dOthers
  6. eAbsent
  7. fAbsent