FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH ANTIPSYCHOTIC MEDICATION USE IN LONG-STAY NURSING HOME RESIDENTS

Nationally, 17% of nursing home residents without qualifying diagnoses of schizophrenia, Huntington’s’ Disease, and/or Tourette’s Syndrome receive antipsychotic medications. Identifying factors associated with antipsychotic use could reveal targets for alternative interventions. Using the Missouri Minimum Data Set collected between 1/1/2015 and 12/31/2015, variables correlated with antipsychotic use in long-stay nursing home residents age ≥ 65 years, lacking a qualifying diagnosis, and not comatose, were examined. Among 36,307 residents meeting inclusion criteria, 18% received an antipsychotic. After dividing the sample into 10 random equivalently-sized subsets, logistic regression with forward selection of candidate variables associated (p