Prescriptions for potentially addictive drugs by lifetime experience of intimate partner violence (IPV), 2004–2009
| Prescriptions | No IPV (n=5262) | Psychological IPV alone (n=365) | Physical/sexual IPV (n=454) | p Value* |
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||
| Potentially addictive drugs overall | ||||
| Any | 2767 (52.6) | 218 (59.7) | 308 (67.8) | <0.001 |
| Frequent† | 224 (4.3) | 30 (8.2) | 59 (13.0) | <0.001 |
| Potentially addictive analgesics | ||||
| Any | 2088 (39.7) | 169 (46.3) | 227 (50.0) | <0.001 |
| Frequent† | 244 (4.6) | 28 (7.7) | 60 (13.2) | <0.001 |
| CNS depressants | ||||
| Any | 1600 (30.4) | 137 (37.5) | 223 (49.1) | <0.001 |
| Frequent† | 224 (4.3) | 30 (8.2) | 64 (14.1) | <0.001 |
| Multiple prescribers (≥3)‡ | 791 (15.0) | 81 (22.2) | 133 (29.3) | <0.001 |
↵* Test of equality across the three categories of IPV experiences.
↵† Number of prescriptions ≥95 percentile of the study sample (potentially addictive drugs overall: ≥27 prescriptions; potentially addictive analgesics: ≥8 prescriptions; central nervous system (CNS) depressants: ≥18 prescriptions).
↵‡ Total number of women who received prescriptions for potentially addictive drugs from three or more physicians.