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Table 3 Fully adjusted model for different psychotropic medications by migrant group

From: First-generation migrants’ use of psychotropic medication in Northern Ireland: a record linkage study

 

All prescriptions OR (CI)

Anti-depressants OR (CI)

Anxiolytics and hypnotics OR (CI)

Anti-psychotics OR (CI)

Migrant status (ref: settled)

 All migrants

0.37 (0.36–0.38)

0.35 (0.33–0.36)

0.42 (0.40–0.44)

0.37 (0.34–0.41)

 Poland

0.24 (0.23–0.26)

0.21 (0.20–0.23)

0.29 (0.26–0.31)

0.18 (0.14–0.24)

 Lithuania

0.20 (0.18–0.22)

0.18 (0.16–0.21)

0.22 (0.19–0.26)

0.19 (0.13–0.29)

 India

0.21 (0.18–0.24)

0.16 (0.13–0.19)

0.28 (0.23–0.34)

0.29 (0.18–0.49)

 USA

0.79 (0.71–0.89)

0.78 (0.68–0.88)

0.66 (0.56–0.77)

0.94 (0.68–1.29)

 Germany

0.95 (0.86–1.04)

0.91 (0.83–1.01)

1.00 (0.89–1.12)

0.91 (0.71–1.16)

 North Africa and Middle East

0.59 (0.49–0.70)

0.55 (0.46–0.67)

0.56 (0.44–0.71)

0.47 (0.27–0.82)

 C/E/W Africa

0.54 (0.47–0.62)

0.49 (0.42–0.56)

0.59 (0.50–0.70)

0.65 (0.46–0.93)

 Southern Africa

0.83 (0.71–0.96)

0.73 (0.62–0.87)

0.82 (0.67–1.00)

0.89 (0.58–1.38)

 The Americas/Caribbean

0.79 (0.71–0.88)

0.79 (0.70– 0.89)

0.81 (0.71–0.93)

0.72 (0.52–1.01)

 China and Hong Kong

0.23 (0.20–0.26)

0.19 (0.16–0.23)

0.30 (0.24–0.36)

0.29 (0.18–0.47)

 C/E/SE Asia and E. Europe

0.23 (0.20–0.26)

0.19 (0.16–0.22)

0.32 (0.27–0.37)

0.21 (0.13–0.32)

 Southern Asia

0.54 (0.45–0.65)

0.45 (0.37–0.56)

0.55 (0.43–0.71)

0.89 (0.56–1.40)

 C/E Europe (CEE)

0.19 (0.17–0.21)

0.17 (0.15–0.19)

0.19 (0.16–0.23)

0.16 (0.10–0.24)

 Southern Europe

0.60 (0.54–0.66)

0.60 (0.54–0.68)

0.61 (0.53–0.70)

0.48 (0.35–0.66)

 Northern and Western Europe

0.49 (0.42–0.57)

0.49 (0.41–0.58)

0.53 (0.43–0.66)

0.39 (0.22–0.69)

 Oceania

0.75 (0.65–0.86)

0.70 (0.60–0.82)

0.79 (0.66–0.96)

0.92 (0.63–1.36)

  1. C central, CI confidence intervals, E eastern, OR odds ratio, SE south eastern, W western