Table 3 Number (%) of persons with prescription fills for analgesics¹ and psychotropics² during the pre-lockdown, lockdown and post-lockdown periods, across dementia status³
Psychotropic medication | Persons at start of each period | Â | Opioids | Other analgesics | Anxiolytics/ sedatives | Antidepressants | Antipsychotics | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total number of persons with prescription fills, n (%) | 10,464 | Â | 3,793 (36.2) | 5,358 (50.3) | 3,545 (33.9) | 1,764 (6.9) | 388 (3.7) | |||||
Dementia status N (%) | No Dem | Dem | No Dem | Dem | No Dem | Dem | No Dem | Dem | No Dem | Dem | No Dem | Dem |
12.03.19–11.09.19 | 9,402 | 1,062 | 1,024 (10.9) | 178 (16.8) | 2,043 (21.7) | 364 (34.3) | 1,809 (19.2) | 287 (27.0) | 845 (9.0) | 218 (20.5) | 116 (1.2) | 36 (3.4) |
12.03.20–11.09.20, Lockdown | 9,195 | 901 | 965 (10.5) | 127 (14.1) | 2,160 (23.5) | 344 (38.2) | 1,831 (19.9) | 232 (25.7) | 857 (9.3) | 195 (21.6) | 117 (1.3) | 29 (3.2) |
12.03.21–11.09.21 | 8,960 | 775 | 981 (10.9) | 121 (15.6) | 2,257 (25.2) | 288 (37.2) | 1,806 (20.2) | 201 (25.9) | 923 (10.3) | 149 (19.2) | 134 (1.5) | 26 (3.4) |
12.03.22–11.09.22 | 8,684 | 669 | 1,009 (11.6) | 103 (15.4) | 2,313 (26.6) | 237 (35.4) | 1,809 (20.8) | 159 (23.8) | 927 (10.7) | 121 (18.4) | 123 (1.4) | 28 (4.2) |