Table 2 Adjusted proportiona of antidepressant prescribing in 2018 among regular patients with current depression by CHD status and sociodemographic characteristics
From: General practice management of depression among patients with coronary heart disease in Australia
| Â | No history of CHD | Previously recorded CHD | Newly recorded CHD | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% on antidepressants | 95%CI | % on antidepressants | 95%CI | % on antidepressants | 95%CI | |
Practice characteristics | ||||||
Rurality | ||||||
 Major cities | 67.1 | 65.8;68.5 | 70.3 | 67.6;73.0 | 79.2 | 74.2;84.3 |
 Inner regional | 72.0 | 70.0;74.0 | 75.6 | 72.5;78.8 | 74.8 | 65.2;84.4 |
 Outer regional/Remote | 73.8 | 72.0;75.7 | 74.5 | 70.5;78.4 | 74.4 | 64.3;84.4 |
IRSAD Quintile | ||||||
 Very high | 69.1 | 67.0;71.2 | 73.5 | 70.0;76.9 | 73.4 | 62.9;83.9 |
 High | 69.5 | 67.1;71.9 | 72.8 | 69.0;76.6 | 69.7 | 60.0;79.4 |
 Middle | 71.0 | 69.2;72.8 | 71.1 | 67.2;75.1 | 80.5 | 72.4;88.6 |
 Low | 68.9 | 66.7;71.1 | 74.0 | 70.7;77.3 | 80.6 | 71.8;89.3 |
 Very Low | 68.1 | 65.6;70.5 | 71.1 | 66.6;75.6 | 79.9 | 70.9;88.9 |
Patient characteristics | ||||||
Gender | ||||||
 Male | 67.4 | 66.2;68.5 | 70.7 | 68.6;72.8 | 78.3 | 72.8;83.9 |
 Female | 70.6 | 69.6;71.5 | 74.5 | 72.5;76.5 | 76.2 | 70.5;82.0 |
Age | ||||||
 40–49 | 67.4 | 66.3;68.5 | 68.3 | 61.5;75.1 | 79.5 | 55.3;100.0 |
 50–59 | 69.1 | 68.1;70.2 | 68.7 | 65.0;72.4 | 75.2 | 65.5;84.9 |
 60–69 | 70.8 | 69.7;72.0 | 73.8 | 71.1;76.4 | 74.8 | 66.9;82.6 |
  >  = 70 | 71.6 | 70.3;73.0 | 73.0 | 71.1′74.9 | 78.9 | 73.8;84.0 |
IRSAD Quintile | ||||||
 Very high | 68.0 | 66.1;69.9 | 70.6 | 65.9;75.4 | 66.5 | 51.3;81.8 |
 High | 69.1 | 67.5;70.7 | 69.8 | 65.9;73.6 | 77.4 | 67.1;87.7 |
 Middle | 69.5 | 67.9;71.0 | 73.2 | 69.8;76.6 | 80.9 | 71.1;90.6 |
 Low | 69.6 | 67.8;71.4 | 75.2 | 71.2;79.2 | 74.7 | 64.0;85.5 |
 Very Low | 71.1 | 69.4;72.8 | 72.4 | 68.6;76.1 | 83.1 | 74.5;91.7 |
Total | 69.5 | 68.6,70.4 | 71.6 | 69.9,73.2 | 76.4 | 72.1,80.6 |