Table 5
Prevalence of medication use and contact with health professionals, by age group, household population aged 20 or older diagnosed with osteoarthritis, Canada excluding territories, 2009
Medication use and contact with health professionals | Age group | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
20 to 49 | 50 to 64 | 65 or older | |||||||
% | 95% confidence interval | % | 95% confidence interval | % | 95% confidence interval | ||||
from | to | from | to | from | to | ||||
Prescription medications | 40.0Note E: Use with caution | 26.7 | 54.9 | 36.8 | 30.5 | 43.5 | 41.5 | 36.7 | 46.5 |
Non-prescription medications | 60.1 | 45.7 | 73.0 | 70.3 | 63.7 | 76.1 | 65.0 | 60.1 | 69.6 |
Contact pharmacist (past 12 months) | 21.7Note E: Use with caution | 14.6 | 31.0 | 16.3 | 12.5 | 20.9 | 22.7 | 18.4 | 27.6 |
Contact physiotherapist (past 12 months) | 15.6Note E: Use with caution | 9.3 | 25.1 | 26.5 | 20.3 | 33.9 | 20.4 | 16.5 | 25.1 |
Ever took class to manage arthritis | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | 10.4Note E: Use with caution | 7.1 | 14.9 | 11.4 | 8.5 | 15.1 |
x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act E use with caution Source: 2009 Survey on Living with Chronic Diseases in Canada - Arthritis. |
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