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Table 3
Adjusted odds ratios relating multiple medication use to selected characteristics, household and institutional populations, aged 65 or older, Canada excluding territories, 1998/1999 (households) and 1996/1997 (institutions)
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| Multiple medication use | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Households | Institutions | |||||
| Adjusted odds ratio | 95% confidence interval | Adjusted odds ratio | 95% confidence interval | |||
| from | to | from | to | |||
| Indicators of ill health | ||||||
| Chronic pain | ||||||
| Yes | 1.8* | 1.3 | 2.4 | 2.1* | 1.5 | 3.0 |
| No† | 1.0 | … | … | 1.0 | … | … |
| Number of chronic conditions | ||||||
| None or one† | 1.0 | … | … | 1.0 | … | … |
| Two | 3.4* | 1.9 | 6.0 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 1.4 |
| Three or more | 14.8* | 8.8 | 24.9 | 2.3* | 1.5 | 3.4 |
| Socio-demographic characteristics | ||||||
| Sex | ||||||
| Men | 1.1 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.2 |
| Women† | 1.0 | … | … | 1.0 | … | … |
| Age (continuous) | 1.0 | 0.99 | 1.04 | 0.99 | 0.97 | 1.00 |
| Education | ||||||
| Less than secondary graduation† | 1.0 | … | … | 1.0 | … | … |
| Secondary graduation | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.2 |
| Proxy reporter | ||||||
| Yes | 1.4 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 0.4* | 0.3 | 0.6 |
| No† | 1.0 | … | … | 1.0 | … | … |
| Model information | ||||||
| Sample size | 2,820 | 1,364 | ||||
| Sample using multiple medications | 365 | 747 | ||||
| Records dropped because of missing values | 31 | 347 | ||||
| † reference category * significantly different from estimate for reference category (p<0.05) Source: National Population Health Survey, cross-sectional files, 1998/1999 (households) and 1996/1997 (institutions). Table source: Statistics Canada, 2009, "Medication use among senior Canadians", Health Reports, Vol. 20, No. 1, catalogue number 82-003-X. |
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