Psychotropic medication treatment patterns in community-dwelling schizophrenia in China: comparisons between rural and urban areas

Table 2 The independent associations of psychotropic drug prescription between rural/urban area

	P	Odds ratio	95% C.I.
SGA, except clozapine ^a
Rural	0.92	1.02	0.67–1.55
Urban	–	1	–
Antipsychotic polypharmacy-APP ^a
Rural	0.002	0.5	0.32–0.77
Urban	–	1	–
Clozapine ^a
Rural	0.003	0.52	0.34–0.81
Urban	–	1	–
FGA ^a
Rural	0.08	0.71	0.47–1.05
Urban	–	1	–
Benzodiazepines ^a
Rural	< 0.001	0.28	0.16–0.51
Urban	–	1	–
Mood stabilizer ^a
Rural	0.32	0.76	0.44–1.31
Urban	–	1	–
Antidepressants ^a
Rural	0.15	0.44	0.14–1.34
Urban	–	1	–
Anticholinergics ^a
Rural	0.04	1.503	1.01–2.24
Urban	–	1	–

Abbreviations: APP antipsychotic polypharmacy, FGA first-generation antipsychotic, SGA second-generation antipsychotic
^a: gender, marital status, first episode, personal income, coverage of health insurance, family history of psychiatric disorders, major medical conditions, age, education level, illness duration, BMI, and severity of depressive, negative and anxiety symptoms, as well as the extrapyramidal symptoms were controlled for as covariates

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