Health Status, Sociodemographic Factors, and the Use of Prescribed Psychotropic Drugs
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9100190 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kenneth B Wells (0000-0002-7454-6589, RAND Corporation), Caren Kamberg (RAND Corporation), Robert H Brook (0000-0001-7648-3764, RAND Corporation), Robert Brook, Patricia Camp (RAND Corporation), William Rogers (0000-0001-9186-870X), William H Rogers (RAND Corporation) |
| Year | 1985 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 11 |
| Pages | 1295-1306 |
| Publication date | 1985-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Medical Care (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0025-7079 • E-ISSN: 1537-1948 |
| Publisher | Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1097/00005650-198511000-00008 |
| PMID | 4068796 |
| OpenAlex | W2037702076 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 17 |
| References cited | 8 |
The relations among sociodemographic factors, health status, and use of prescribed sleeping pills and tranquilizers are examined. The data are from the Rand Health Insurance Experiment, which has a random sample of the nonaged, noninstitutionalized, civilian population in six U.S. sites. Information on sociodemographic factors, health status, and the use of prescribed psychotropic drugs during the previous 3 months was obtained from self-report questionnaires collected at enrollment. Mental and physical health status have large independent and significant effects on the probability of use of both prescribed tranquilizers (P less than 0.0001) and sleeping pills (P less than 0.0001), whether or not we remove the effects of sociodemographic factors. For the probability of tranquilizer use, there is no significant interaction between gender and mental health or between mental health and physical health. Age and gender have large and significant effects on the use of prescribed psychotropic drugs even after controlling for differences in health status and other demographic factors. The effects of site and socioeconomic status are modest compared with the effects of health, age, and gender
Environmental health · Mental health · Physical health · Pill · Population · Psychiatry · Socioeconomic status · Tranquilizer · Demography · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Health disparities and outcomes · Medicine · Mental Health Treatment and Access · Gerontology
Caractéristiques des médecins prescrivant des psychotropes davantage aux femmes qu’aux hommes
Regular hypnotic drug treatment in a sample of 32,679 Swedes
Clustering and Consistency of Use of Medicines Among Mid-Aged Women
Management of Patients on Psychotropic Drugs in Primary Care Clinics
Differences Between Female and Male Children in the Receipt of Prescribed Psychotropic and Controlled-Analgesic Drugs
Use of tranquilizers and sleeping pills among cancer patients is associated with a poorer quality of life
Predictors of the initiation of psychotherapeutic medicine use
Psychoactive drug use in a general population sample, Sweden
Medical and psychosocial factors predictive of psychotropic drug use in elderly patients
Risk Factors Associated With Problem Use of Prescription Drugs
Gender and Psychotropic Drug Use
Racial Differences in the Use of Antidepressants and Counseling for Depression Among Homeless Women
Psychotropic drug use in a Swedish community-Patterns of individual use during 2 years
Factors associated with high-quantity prescriptions of benzodiazepines in Sweden
Use of analgesics in Sweden-The importance of sociodemographic factors, physical fitness, health and health-related factors, and working conditions
Psychotropic drug use in a Swedish community- The importance of demographic and socioeconomic factors
Long-term benzodiazepine use
Factors Associated With Antipsychotic Drug Prescribing by Southern Psychiatrists
Psychotropic Drugs in the Ambulatory Care of Elderly Males
Advances in the Measurement of Functional Status
Rational prescribing and sources of information
Research on psychotropic drug use
Use of Tranquilizing Drugs by a Middle-Aged Population in a West German City
The Use of Psychotherapeutic Drugs by Middle-Aged Women
A Model of Mental Health, Life Events, and Social Supports Applicable to General Populations
| Unique citing works | 17 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,42 |
| Citation span | 1986 - 2008 (23) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |