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Table 3 Relative risks (RRs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for prescription among people with intellectual disability (ID) compared with a referent cohort from the general population (gPop) and for demographic factors within the ID cohort, stratified by diagnoses of mood disorders (F32-F39 in ICD-10) and/or anxiety (F4). Bold indicates statistically significant differences in prescription

From: Pharmacotherapy for mood and anxiety disorders in older people with intellectual disability in comparison with the general population

 

Anxiolytics

Hypnotics and sedatives

Antidepressants

GABA-agonists

Cohort comparisons

ID (n = 587) vs gPop (n = 434)

Mood disordersa

1.03 (0.92–1.15)

0.93 (0.83–1.04)

0.98 (0.93–1.03)

1.01 (0.92–1.10)

Anxietya

1.32 (1.19–1.46)

1.04 (0.91–1.17)

1.07 (0.98–1.17)

1.19 (1.08–1.31)

Mood disorders only

1.02 (0.88–1.20)

0.86 (0.73–1.01)

0.97 (0.90–1.03)

0.98 (0.87–1.12)

Anxiety only

1.54 (1.31–1.80)

1.07 (0.89–1.28)

1.20 (1.03–1.39)

1.31 (1.13–1.51)

Both diagnoses

1.10 (0.97–1.25)

1.09 (0.95–1.25)

1.01 (0.95–1.08)

1.10 (0.99–1.22)

Within the ID cohort

With (n = 147) vs without (n = 199) behaviour impairment

Mood disordersa

1.14 (0.97–1.35)

1.12 (0.91–1.37)

0.95 (0.85–1.05)

1.07 (0.93–1.24)

Anxietya

1.15 (1.03–1.30)

1.07 (0.86–1.32)

1.01 (0.88–1.16)

1.09 (0.97–1.22)

Mood disorders only

1.10 (0.89–1.37)

1.23 (0.93–1.62)

0.94 (0.81–1.08)

1.12 (0.93–1.35)

Anxiety only

1.12 (0.97–1.28)

1.15 (0.86–1.54)

1.04 (0.86–1.25)

1.13 (0.97–1.31)

Both diagnoses

1.25 (1.02–1.54)

0.95 (0.73–1.24)

0.97 (0.83–1.13)

1.00 (0.85–1.18)

Moderate/severe/profound (n = 101) vs mild (n = 153) ID

Mood disordersa

1.26 (1.04–1.52)

1.03 (0.81–1.32)

0.92 (0.80–1.06)

1.15 (0.97–1.35)

Anxietya

1.23 (1.10–1.38)

1.03 (0.81–1.32)

0.99 (0.85–1.15)

1.23 (1.10–1.38)

Mood disorders only

1.25 (0.95–1.64)

1.25 (0.88–1.82)

0.91 (0.75–1.11)

1.25 (0.98–1.60)

Anxiety only

1.19 (1.04–1.38)

1.22 (0.86–1.72)

1.02 (0.83–1.26)

1.36 (1.16–1.59)

Both diagnoses

1.32 (1.09–1.60)

0.84 (0.62–1.13)

0.95 (0.80–1.14)

1.04 (0.90–1.21)

Women (n = 297) vs men (n = 290) vs

Mood disordersa

1.06 (0.92–1.22)

1.00 (0.86–1.17)

1.01 (0.94–1.09)

1.00 (0.89–1.13)

Anxietya

1.04 (0.94–1.15)

0.91 (0.78–1.07)

1.05 (0.94–1.17)

0.99 (0.89–1.10)

Mood disorders only

1.10 (0.90–1.34)

0.91 (0.73–1.14)

1.01 (0.92–1.12)

0.99 (0.84–1.17)

Anxiety only

1.03 (0.91–1.17)

0.73 (0.58–0.93)

1.05 (0.89–1.24)

0.95 (0.82–1.10)

Both diagnoses

1.04 (0.90–1.22)

1.23 (1.03–1.47)

1.02 (0.93–1.11)

1.06 (0.94–1.20)

Before (n = 294) vs after (n = 293) median date of birth

Mood disordersa

1.02 (0.89–1.17)

1.15 (0.98–1.35)

1.06 (0.99–1.14)

0.96 (0.85–1.08)

Anxietya

1.04 (0.94–1.14)

1.17 (0.99–1.38)

1.16 (1.03–1.31)

1.03 (0.92–1.14)

Mood disorders only

0.91 (0.74–1.11)

1.09 (0.87–1.37)

1.04 (0.95–1.14)

0.87 (0.73–1.04)

Anxiety only

1.00 (0.88–1.13)

1.17 (0.93–1.48)

1.18 (1.00–1.40)

1.02 (0.88–1.17)

Both diagnoses

1.11 (0.94–1.31)

1.10 (0.91–1.32)

1.08 (0.98–1.20)

1.01 (0.89–1.14)

  1. aAny diagnosis of mood disorders/anxiety regardless of whether a diagnosis of the other investigated disorder is present