Long-term benzodiazepine users in family practice: differences from short-term users in mental health, coping behaviour and psychological characteristics
| Autor: | Cees A. Th. Rijnders, E.H. van de Lisdonk, Frans G. Zitman, J.H.J. Bor, S.M. Zandstra, C. van Weel, E. van Rijswijk |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Coping (psychology) Time Factors medicine.drug_class Coping behaviour Logistic regression Benzodiazepines Adaptation Psychological Effective Primary Care and Public Health [EBP 3] Humans Medicine Practice Patterns Physicians' Psychiatry Netherlands Benzodiazepine business.industry Mental Disorders Avoidance coping Loneliness Middle Aged Mental health Cross-Sectional Studies Logistic Models Educational Status Female medicine.symptom Family Practice business Psychosocial |
| Zdroj: | Family Practice, 21, 266-9 Family Practice, 21, 3, pp. 266-9 |
| ISSN: | 0263-2136 |
| Popis: | Item does not contain fulltext BACKGROUND: Contrary to short-term use, long-term benzodiazepine use is undesirable. Nevertheless, its prevalence is high. To prevent long-term use, it is important to know which short-term users are at risk of becoming long-term users. OBJECTIVES: The purpose of the present study was to identify patient-related factors of long-term versus short-term use of benzodiazepines. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was carried out in family practices among users of benzodiazepines with regard to DSM-IV diagnosis, coping and psychosocial characteristics,. In a multivariate logistic regression analysis, long-term use of benzodiazepines was the dependent variable. RESULTS: A total of 164 short-term and 158 long-term benzodiazepine users participated in the study. Having a DSM-IV disorder and psychiatric co-morbidity, being older, less educated, lonely and using more avoidance coping behaviour was associated with long-term use of benzodiazepines compared with short-term use. CONCLUSION: The associations found point to possibilities to reduce long-term benzodiazepine use, for example if patients with these characteristics are treated with the alternatives to benzodiazepines or are monitored closely for a short period after being prescribing benzodiazepines. |
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