ArticleAtencion primaria2008
[Increased benzodiazepine use in elderly women attending urban primary health care centers].
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- Efficacy of two interventions on the discontinuation of benzodiazepines in long-term users: 36-month follow-up of a cluster randomised trial in primary care.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2016Trial
- [Suitability of the use of benzodiazepines prescribed by the pharmacist in the elderly. A doctor-pharmacist collaboration study].Atencion primaria · 2012Trial
- Comparative efficacy of two primary care interventions to assist withdrawal from long term benzodiazepine use: a protocol for a clustered, randomized clinical trial.BMC family practice · 2011Trial
- [Health-related quality of life in patients consuming benzodiazepine].Atencion primaria · 2021Article
- Association of benzodiazepines, opioids and tricyclic antidepressants use and falls in trauma patients: Conditional effect of age.PloS one · 2020Article
- Cost-effectiveness of brief structured interventions to discontinue long-term benzodiazepine use: an economic analysis alongside a randomised controlled trial.HRB open research · 2020Article
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- Potentially inappropriate prescribing in institutionalised older patients in Spain: the STOPP-START criteria compared with the Beers criteria.Pharmacy practice · 2012Article
- Respiratory and mental health effects of wildfires: an ecological study in Galician municipalities (north-west Spain).Environmental health : a global access science source · 2011Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo determine the overall prevalence of the chronic use of benzodiazepines and similar drugs in primary care.
designObservational, cross-sectional study.
settingHealthcare centres of the Reus-Altebrat Primary Care Service, Tarragona, Spain.
participantsPatients older than 15 years, on prolonged treatment with benzodiazepines or similar drugs. MEASUREMENTS: The variables studied were age, sex, type of healthcare centre (rural or urban), benzodiazepine, or similar drug administered and duration of treatment. RESULTS. There were 6885 patients who were on prolonged benzodiazepine or similar drug treatment, of which 70.9% were female, 73.4% were 65 years or older, and 73% attended an urban centre. The overall prevalence was 6.9%, and was higher among women than men (9.7% and 4%, respectively), and increased with age up to 27.3% among patients of 75 years or more. The stratified results showed that chronic consumption was higher among women 75 years of age or older attached to urban healthcare centres, with a prevalence of 35.7%.
conclusionsA high percentage of our population, which includes the most fragile patients, use benzodiazepines or a similar drug in a way that is not consistent with the recommendations of clinical practice guidelines.
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