Titre : | A general population survey on patterns of benzodiazepine use and dependence in Lebanon (2000) |
Auteurs : | NAJA W.J. ; A. PELISSOLO ; R. S. HADDAD ; R. BADDOURA ; C. BADDOURA |
Type de document : | Article : Périodique |
Dans : | Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica (Vol.102, n°6, December 2000) |
Article en page(s) : | 429-431 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Discipline : | EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology) |
Mots-clés : |
Thésaurus mots-clés POPULATION GENERALE ; ENQUETE ; BENZODIAZEPINES ; ABUSThésaurus géographique LIBAN |
Résumé : | OBJECTIVE: In Lebanon, benzodiazepines are often available without medical prescription. We aimed to carry out the first community-based pharmaco-epidemiological study on benzodiazepine consumption in the Middle East Area. METHOD: The prevalence of past-month benzodiazepine use was assessed in a 1000-subject randomized sample from the Lebanese community, and risk factors were studied in a group of 496 current users. RESULTS: Benzodiazepine use during the past month was found in 9.6% of subjects. Four variables were significantly associated with use: age higher than 45 years, female sex, cigarette smoking and the existence of a recent life event. Benzodiazepine dependence was found in 50.2% of users. CONCLUSION: Benzodiazepine use in Lebanon is particularly high, and can be related to well-known factors such as female sex and age, but other potent specific variables, such as war stress or the lack of control on drug access, can be hypothesized. |
Domaine : | Autres substances / Other substances |
Refs biblio. : | 9 |
Affiliation : | Liban. Lebanon. |
Centre Emetteur : | 13 OFDT |
Cote : | A01284 |
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