Primary adherence to antidepressant prescriptions in primary health care: a population-based study in Sweden

Figures & data

Table 1. Descriptive data for patients who were prescribed antidepressants.

Variable	No.	Pick-up rate (%)
Gender
Male	3875	85.6
Female	7749	84.9
Country of birth
Sweden	8534	86.3
Europe (excluding Sweden)	1207	85.1
Middle East	1094	78.7
Others	789	80.9
Age (years)
< 19	65	83.1
19–24	754	84.2
25–44	4677	83.2
45–64	3970	85.4
65–79	1377	90.2
80+	791	87.6
Income
High	2465	86.5
Middle	6329	85.6
Low	2830	82.9
Education (years)
> 12	3189	84.8
10–12	4740	85.1
< 10	3695	85.5
Marital status
Married	4410	86.3
Not married	4277	84.3
Divorced	2139	83.5
Widowed	798	87.5
Diagnosis
Depression	8872	85.3
Panic disorder	801	84.9
Generalized anxiety disorder	192	81.3
Anxiety disorder, unspecified	1759	84.8
Total	11,624	85.1

Table 2. Odds ratios from univariate and multivariate logistic regression.

Variable	Univariate logistic regression			Multivariate logistic regression
	Odds ratio	95% CI	p	Odds ratio	95% CI	p
	Gender
Male	1			1
Female	0.95	0.85–1.06	0.37	0.95	0.85–1.07	0.4
Country of birth
Sweden	1			1
Europe (excluding Sweden)	0.91	0.77–1.08	0.26	0.88	0.74–1.05	0.13
Middle East	0.58	0.50–0.68	<0.0001	0.61	0.51–0.73	<0.001
Others	0.67	0.55–0.81	<0.0001	0.71	0.59–0.87	<0.001
Age (years)
<19	0.99	0.52–1.91	0.98	0.98	0.50–1.91	0.96
19–24	1.07	0.88–1.33	0.46	1.07	0.85–1.33	0.54
25–44	1			1
45–64	1.19	1.06–1.34	0.003	1.18	1.04–1.34	0.01
64–79	1.86	1.53–2.26	<0.0001	1.71	1.37–2.12	<0.001
80+	1.42	1.14–1.79	0.002	1.28	0.96–1.70	0.08
Income
High	1			1
Middle	0.93	0.81–1.07	0.3	0.98	0.85–1.12	0.77
Low	0.76	0.65–0.89	0.0004	0.89	0.75–1.05	0.16
Education (years)
>12	1			1
10–12	1.02	0.90–1.16	0.76	1.03	0.90–1.17	0.72
<10	1.05	0.92–1.20	0.43	1	0.86–1.16	0.8
Marital status
Married	1			1
Not married	0.85	0.76–0.96	0.009	0.86	0.75–0.98	0.02
Divorced	0.8	0.69–0.92	0.002	0.78	0.67–0.90	<0.001
Widowed	1.11	0.88–1.39	0.37	0.82	0.64–1.05	0.27
Diagnosis
Depression	1			1
Panic disorder	0.97	0.79–1.18	0.74	1.01	0.82–1.23	0.98
GAD	0.75	0.52–1.08	0.11	0.7	0.48–1.01	0.06
Anxiety disorder, unspecified	0.96	0.83–1.10	0.55	0.95	0.82–1.09	0.43

Table 3. Income and pick-up rate according to country of birth.

	Income
	Low			Mid			High
	Country of birth	No.	%	Pick-up rate (%)	No.	%	Pick-up rate (%)	No.	%	Pick-up rate (%)
Sweden	1685	19.7	84.9	4791	56.1	86.7	2058	24.1	86.7
Europe (excluding Sweden)	292	24.2	82.2	684	56.7	85.8	231	19.1	87.0
Middle East	558	51.0	78.3	463	42.3	79.1	73	6.7	79.5
Others	295	37.4	81.0	391	49.6	79.5	103	13.1	85.4
All countries	2830	24.3	82.9	6329	54.4	85.6	2465	21.2	86.5

Note: % = percentage of patients from specific countries according to income.