Impact of Patient Education on Benzodiazepine Use in the Elderly
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 撤回
- 主要终点
- Benzodiazepine or non-benzodiazepine hypnotic medication use
研究概览
简要总结
The overall goal of this research is to develop and test strategies to decrease potentially inappropriate medication use among the elderly.
详细描述
Specifically, the purpose of the study is to determine whether direct patient education is effective in decreasing benzodiazepine use in seniors.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Health Services Research
- 盲法
- Triple (Participant, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 60 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Men and women
- •Full benefit members living in a SASH facility
- •60 years old or older
- •Using at least 1 active short/medium/long acting benzodiazepine at time of recruitment
排除标准
- •Inability to provide consent
- •Inability to communicate in English
- •Diagnosis of severe mental illness, dementia, seizure disorder
研究组 & 干预措施
Experimental group
Group to receive educational booklet regarding risk/benefits of Benzodiazepine.
干预措施: Educational booklet (Behavioral)
Control group
Group to receive educational booklet regarding risk/benefits of exercise.
结局指标
主要结局
Benzodiazepine or non-benzodiazepine hypnotic medication use
时间窗: Baseline and 6 months post-intervention
Proportion of subjects using benzodiazepine or non-benzodiazepine hypnotic medication (such as zolpidem)
次要结局
- Patient attempt to discontinuing benzodiazepine(1 month and 6 months post-intervention)
- Belief about Medicines Questionnaire (BMQ)(Baseline and 6 months post-intervention)
- Patient knowledge regarding benzodiazepines(Baseline and 6 months post-intervention)
研究者
Charles MacLean, MD
Professor of Medicine, Primary Care Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine Associate Dean for Primary Care
University of Vermont