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Table 2 Demographic, living arrangement and socioeconomic predictors of antidepressant prescription group membership

From: Use of sequence analysis for classifying individual antidepressant trajectories to monitor population mental health

 

Antidepressant Prescription Group

Variable

Reference

No prescriptions

Occasional

Decreasing

Increasing

Mostly

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

Sex (Female)

Male

0.49

1.53

1.76

1.80

2.19

(0.46, 0.52)

(1.49, 1.57)

(1.69, 1.83)

(1.75, 1.86)

(2.15, 2.24)

Age (36:45)

26:35 (in 2011)

0.92

0.82

1.08

0.99

1.86

(0.88, 0.97)

(0.76, 0.88)

(0.96, 1.19)

(0.90, 1.07)

(1.78, 1.95)

Age (46:55)

 

0.91

0.79

0.92

0.85

2.32

 

(0.86, 0.95)

(0.73, 0.85)

(0.80, 1.04)

(0.76, 0.94)

(2.24, 2.40)

Age (56:65)

 

1.2

0.61

0.87

0.61

1.97

 

(1.15, 1.25)

(0.54, 0.68)

(0.73, 1.00)

(0.50, 0.72)

(1.88, 2.06)

Age (66:75)

 

1.53

0.58

0.72

0.55

1.36

 

(1.47, 1.60)

(0.49, 0.67)

(0.54, 0.90)

(0.40, 0.70)

(1.25, 1.47)

Age (76:85)

 

1.47

0.75

0.74

0.62

1.04

 

(1.40, 1.55)

(0.65, 0.86)

(0.54, 0.94)

(0.45, 0.79)

(0.91, 1.16)

Age (86+)

 

1.57

0.80

0.94

0.66

0.67

 

(1.47, 1.68)

(0.66, 0.95)

(0.68, 1.19)

(0.43, 0.89)

(0.48, 0.86)

Ethnicity (Non-White)

White

1.72

0.86

0.75

0.47

0.49

(1.60, 1.85)

(0.70, 1.02)

(0.42, 1.08)

(0.16, 0.79)

(0.26, 0.71)

Ethnicity (Missing)

 

0.93

1.12

1.07

1.07

0.97

 

(0.86, 1.00)

(1.02, 1.22)

(0.89, 1.26)

(0.92, 1.22)

(0.85, 1.08)

Marital Status (married)

Single

1.01

1.01

0.90

1.02

0.96

(0.97, 1.05)

(0.95, 1.06)

(0.80, 1.01)

(0.94, 1.10)

(0.90, 1.03)

Marital Status (separated)

 

0.56

1.5

1.72

1.43

1.39

 

(0.50, 0.63)

(1.42, 1.59)

(1.58, 1.87)

(1.30, 1.55)

(1.30, 1.49)

Marital Status (divorced)

 

0.71

1.31

1.28

1.22

1.23

 

(0.67, 0.76)

(1.24, 1.37)

(1.16, 1.40)

(1.12, 1.32)

(1.15, 1.30)

Marital Status (widowed)

 

0.98

1.03

1.07

0.98

0.99

 

(0.92, 1.04)

(0.95, 1.11)

(0.92, 1.21)

(0.85, 1.10)

(0.90, 1.07)

Living Alone

Not living alone

0.87

0.99

1.18

1.10

1.28

(0.83, 0.91)

(0.94, 1.04)

(1.09, 1.28)

(1.02, 1.18)

(1.22, 1.34)

Social Grade (II)

Grade I

0.78

1.24

1.14

1.22

1.26

(Professional)

(0.74, 0.82)

(1.19, 1.30)

(1.03, 1.25)

(1.13, 1.30)

(1.19, 1.33)

Social Grade (III)

 

0.75

1.33

1.16

1.17

1.32

 

(0.71, 0.79)

(1.27, 1.39)

(1.04, 1.28)

(1.08, 1.26)

(1.25, 1.40)

Social Grade (IV)

 

0.66

1.41

1.26

1.37

1.48

 

(0.61, 0.70)

(1.35, 1.47)

(1.15, 1.38)

(1.27, 1.46)

(1.41, 1.55)

Social Grade (V)

 

0.59

1.31

1.35

1.36

1.69

 

(0.52, 0.66)

(1.22, 1.41)

(1.19, 1.51)

(1.23, 1.50)

(1.59, 1.78)

Employment (Retired)

Employed

0.65

1.1

1.51

1.23

1.96

(0.60, 0.70)

(1.02, 1.17)

(1.38, 1.64)

(1.12, 1.35)

(1.89, 2.03)

Employment (Out of labour force)

 

0.34 (0.31, 0.38)

1.25 (1.19, 1.30)

2.23 (2.14, 2.32)

1.75 (1.67, 1.82)

4.06 (4.01, 4.11)

Employment (Unemployed)

 

0.53

1.73

2.09

1.54

1.42

 

(0.46, 0.60)

(1.64, 1.82)

(1.93, 2.24)

(1.40, 1.67)

(1.30, 1.54)

Carstairs (decile 2)

Decile 1

0.93

1.06

1.08

1.02

1.09

(Affluent)

(0.87, 0.99)

(0.98, 1.14)

(0.92, 1.24)

(0.90, 1.15)

(0.99, 1.18)

Carstairs (decile 3)

 

0.90

1.06

1.00

1.10

1.19

 

(0.84, 0.96)

(0.98, 1.14)

(0.84, 1.16)

(0.97, 1.22)

(1.09, 1.28)

Carstairs (decile 4)

 

0.80

1.16

1.32

1.13

1.27

 

(0.74, 0.86)

(1.08, 1.24)

(1.17, 1.48)

(1.01, 1.25)

(1.18, 1.37)

Carstairs (decile 5)

 

0.80

1.15

1.26

1.22

1.27

 

(0.74, 0.86)

(1.07, 1.23)

(1.11, 1.42)

(1.09, 1.34)

(1.17, 1.36)

Carstairs (decile 6)

 

0.74

1.27

1.31

1.1

1.44

 

(0.68, 0.79)

(1.19, 1.35)

(1.16, 1.47)

(0.97, 1.23)

(1.34, 1.53)

Carstairs (decile 7)

 

0.70

1.25

1.34

1.34

1.50

 

(0.64, 0.75)

(1.17, 1.33)

(1.18, 1.49)

(1.22, 1.47)

(1.41, 1.60)

Carstairs (decile 8)

 

0.64

1.37

1.44

1.30

1.59

 

(0.59, 0.70)

(1.29, 1.45)

(1.29, 1.59)

(1.18, 1.42)

(1.50, 1.68)

Carstairs (decile 9)

 

0.61

1.40

1.37

1.35

1.72

 

(0.55, 0.67)

(1.32, 1.48)

(1.21, 1.52)

(1.22, 1.47)

(1.62, 1.81)

Carstairs (decile 10)

 

0.54

1.54

1.54

1.52

1.74

 

(0.48, 0.60)

(1.46, 1.63)

(1.38, 1.70)

(1.40, 1.65)

(1.64, 1.83)

  1. Source: SLS