Prevalence of Different Combinations of Antiepileptic Drugs and CNS Drugs in Elderly Home Care Service and Nursing Home Patients in Norway
Table 1
Patient characteristics, total use of multidose dispensed drugs, and distribution of antiepileptic drugs by gender among elderly patients ≥65 years in nursing homes and home care services ( = 11254).
Total group
Nursing homes
Home care services
Total
Men
Women
Total
Men
Women
Population
≥65 years
11254
100
2986
100
843
28.2
2143
71.8
8268
100
2566
31.0
5702
69.0
Non-AED users
, %
10372
92.1
2741
91.8
753
89.3
1988
92.8
7631
92.3
2315
90.2
5316
93.2
Age (M), SD
84.0
7.2
85.7
7.1
83.4
7.3
86.6
6.8
83.4
7.1
81.6
7.4
84.1
6.8
Drugs (M), SD
5.6
2.5
5.6
2.7
5.6
5.6
5.6
2.7
5.6
2.4
5.4
2.4
5.6
2.5
AED users
, %
882
7.8
245
8.2
90
10.7
155
7.2
637
7.7
251
9.8
386
6.8
Age (M), SD
79.0
8.2
81.0
8.3
78.9
7.1
82.3
8.8
78.2
8.1
76.4
7.9
79.4
8.0
Drugs (M), SD
7.0
2.8
7.3
3.0
7.1
2.8
7.3
3.1
7.0
2.7
6.6
2.7
7.2
2.6
AED, antiepileptic drug; M, mean; SD, standard deviation.
