Get 20M+ Full-Text Papers For Less Than $1.50/day. Start a 14-Day Trial for You or Your Team.

Learn More →

Risk Factors in the Use of Benzodiazepines

Risk Factors in the Use of Benzodiazepines Gené-Badia J, Blay-Pueyo C and Soler-Vila M. Risk factors in the use of benzodiazepines. Family Practice 1988; 5: 283–288.A case-control study was carried out on 107 benzodiazepine users and 214 controls not treated with anxiolytic-hypnotic agents, chosen randomly and matched two to one for each case by age, sex and family doctor. The users presented a higher degree of psychic disorder than the controls, with depression, interpersonal sensitivity, and the total number of symptoms being the elements distinguishing the two groups. We have found two factors that put the population at large at risk for using benzodiazepines; the family doctor's diagnosis of a mental disorder in the clinical history and the daily use of drugs other than benzodiazepines explained the risk independently. The presence of chronic disorders, especially cardiological and musculoskeletal disorders, also showed a significant risk, but were only explained by their close association with one of the first two factors. It is postulated that general practitioners, who are the principal prescribers of drugs, are causing over-medication in the population. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Family Practice Oxford University Press

Risk Factors in the Use of Benzodiazepines

Loading next page...
 
/lp/oxford-university-press/risk-factors-in-the-use-of-benzodiazepines-zQpo8Ob9bx

References (0)

References for this paper are not available at this time. We will be adding them shortly, thank you for your patience.

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Copyright
© Oxford University Press
ISSN
0263-2136
eISSN
1460-2229
DOI
10.1093/fampra/5.4.283
Publisher site
See Article on Publisher Site

Abstract

Gené-Badia J, Blay-Pueyo C and Soler-Vila M. Risk factors in the use of benzodiazepines. Family Practice 1988; 5: 283–288.A case-control study was carried out on 107 benzodiazepine users and 214 controls not treated with anxiolytic-hypnotic agents, chosen randomly and matched two to one for each case by age, sex and family doctor. The users presented a higher degree of psychic disorder than the controls, with depression, interpersonal sensitivity, and the total number of symptoms being the elements distinguishing the two groups. We have found two factors that put the population at large at risk for using benzodiazepines; the family doctor's diagnosis of a mental disorder in the clinical history and the daily use of drugs other than benzodiazepines explained the risk independently. The presence of chronic disorders, especially cardiological and musculoskeletal disorders, also showed a significant risk, but were only explained by their close association with one of the first two factors. It is postulated that general practitioners, who are the principal prescribers of drugs, are causing over-medication in the population.

Journal

Family PracticeOxford University Press

Published: Dec 1, 1988

There are no references for this article.