Isacson D, Haglund B
Department of Social Medicine, Akademiska Sjukhuset, Uppsala, Sweden.
Soc Sci Med. 1988;26(4):477-83. doi: 10.1016/0277-9536(88)90317-6.
In this study the importance of demographic and socioeconomic factors for the use of psychotropic drugs in the general population of a Swedish community was studied using data from a research registry on prescriptions. The study showed that age, gender, marital status, socioeconomic status and distance to the health center had independent and significant effects on the use of psychotropic drugs. Age was of very great importance; the proportion of users was more than ten times greater among individuals aged 75-84 years than among those aged 18-34 years. Furthermore it was approximately twice as common with those drugs among women as compared to men. Differences with regard to marital and socioeconomic status were also present but these were generally small except in certain groups such as men aged 35-44 who were not employed, divorced men aged 45-54 and 55-64 years and single women aged 35-44 years.
在本研究中，利用一个关于处方的研究登记处的数据，对瑞典一个社区普通人群中使用精神药物的人口统计学和社会经济因素的重要性进行了研究。该研究表明，年龄、性别、婚姻状况、社会经济地位以及与健康中心的距离对精神药物的使用具有独立且显著的影响。年龄非常重要；75 - 84岁人群中使用者的比例比18 - 34岁人群高出十倍以上。此外，女性使用这些药物的情况大约是男性的两倍。婚姻和社会经济地位方面也存在差异，但除了某些群体外，这些差异通常较小，如35 - 44岁未就业的男性、45 - 54岁和55 - 64岁离婚的男性以及35 - 44岁单身女性。
