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Table 4 Number and percentage of adults with intellectual disabilities prescribed anticholinergic psychotropic medication by subcategory, in comparison with general population adults

From: A study on prescriptions contributing to the risk of high anticholinergic burden in adults with intellectual disabilities: retrospective record linkage study

Psychotropic subcategory

Intellectual disabilities (n = 1,654)

General population (n = 3,047)

OR [95% CI], p value*

Antipsychotics

411 (24.9%)

173 (5.7%)

5.37 [4.40–6.57], p < 0.001

Antiepileptics

486 (29.4%)

393 (12.9%)

2.57 [2.22–2.99], p < 0.001

Antidepressants

206 (12.5%)

383 (12.6%)

0.87 [0.71–1.06], p = 0.174

Anxiolytics/hypnotics

222 (13.4%)

289 (9.5%)

1.28 [1.06–1.56], p = 0.012

  1. Numbers and percentages are presented from the subgroup sample taking long-term anticholinergic medicines. All regression models are adjusted for sex, age, and SIMD
  2. *OR Odds Ratio, 95% CI Confidence Interval and corresponding p value for the Intellectual Disabilities group effect with the General Population as the reference group
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Annals of General Psychiatry

ISSN: 1744-859X