Titre : | Ten-year trends in benzodiazepine use in the Dutch population (2012) |
Auteurs : | C. M. SONNENBERG ; E. J. M. BIERMAN ; D. J. H. DEEG ; H. C. COMIJS ; W. VAN TILBURG ; A. T. F. BEEKMAN |
Type de document : | Article : Périodique |
Dans : | Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology (Vol.47, n°2, February 2012) |
Article en page(s) : | 293-301 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Discipline : | EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology) |
Mots-clés : |
Thésaurus géographique PAYS-BASThésaurus mots-clés BENZODIAZEPINES ; MEDICAMENTS ; EVOLUTION ; PERSONNE AGEE ; ETUDE LONGITUDINALE ; PROFIL SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIQUE ; SANTE ; PREVALENCE |
Résumé : |
Background - In the past decades knowledge on adequate treatment of affective disorders and awareness of the negative consequences of long-term benzodiazepine use increased. Therefore, a decrease in benzodiazepine use is expected, particularly in prolonged use. The aim of this study was to assess time trends in benzodiazepine use.
Methods and material - Data from the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam (LASA) were used to investigate trends in benzodiazepine use between 1992 and 2002 in two population-based samples aged 55-64 years. Differences between the two samples with respect to benzodiazepine use and to sociodemographic, physical health and mental health characteristics were described and tested with chi-square tests and logistic regression analyses. Results - Benzodiazepine use remained stable over 10 years, with 7.8% in LASA-1 (n = 874) and 7.9% in LASA-2 (n = 919) (p = 0.90) with a persisting preponderance in women and in people with low education, low income, chronic physical diseases, functional limitations, cognitive impairment, depression, anxiety complaints, sleep problems and when using antidepressants. Long-term use remained high with 70% in 1992 and 80% in 2002 of total benzodiazepine use. Conclusion - In the Dutch population aged 55-64, overall benzodiazepine use remained stable from 1992 to 2002, with a high proportion of long-term users, despite the effort to reduce benzodiazepine use and the renewal of the guidelines. More effort should be made to decrease prolonged benzodiazepine use in this middle-aged group, because of the increasing risks with ageing. |
Domaine : | Autres substances / Other substances |
Refs biblio. : | 60 |
Affiliation : | Department of Psychiatry of the VU Medical Centre, The Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine (EMGO) of the Vrije Universiteit Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
Lien : | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00127-011-0344-1 |
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