Sleep pattern and predictors of daily versus as-needed hypnotics use in middle-aged and older adults with insomnia

Table 3 Multivariate analysis of factors associated with frequency of hypnotics use (daily vs. as-needed use)***

Variables	Odds Ratio	95% CI	P-Value
Age	0.866	0.764–0.980	0.023
Duration of hypnotics used	1.134	0.988–1.302	0.074
Pain at night^a	1.370	0.901–2.081	0.141
Sleep duration^b	1.010	1.001–1.018	0.025
PHQ-2	0.849	0.563–1.281	0.436

^aPain at night is a scale that ranges from 0 to 5, where 0 is no pain on any day during the week, and 5 is pain every day during the week
^bSleep duration is the time between when the patient falls to sleep at night and wakes up in the morning; it is a continuous variable measured in minutes
***The significance of this model is (P < 0.0001)

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