Informative Exhibition for Deprescribing Benzodiazepines

Recruiting

• Conditions: Benzodiazepine-Related Disorders
• Interventions: Other: Informative Session

• Registration Number: NCT06467019
• Lead Sponsor: Consorci Sanitari de l'Alt Penedès i Garraf

Brief Summary

The goal of this trial is to determine if an interactive and informative exhibition in the waiting room of a Primary Care Clinic can reduce the use of benzodiazepines in adults. The main question it aims to answer is:

• Does an interactive and informative exhibition reduce the number of participants using benzodiazepines? Researchers will compare benzodiazepine consumption before and after the interactive and informative exhibition implementation at study center.

Participants will receive an informative and interactive exhibition on the risks of chronic benzodiazepine use. A single informative session on the same topic will be conducted for health professionals.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2024-04
• Study Start: 2024-06-13
• Study First Submitted: 2024-06-14
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-06-14
• Study First Posted: 2024-06-20
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-06-25
• Last Update Posted: 2024-06-27
• Primary Completion: 2025-07
• Study Completion: 2025-07

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 6410

Inclusion Criteria

• Men and women between 18 and 99 years of age.
• Attended at the Baix-a-Mar Primary Care Center during the study period.

Exclusion Criteria

• Severe mental health disease
• Displaced patients or those who do not have an assigned doctor at the center.
• Participation in another study involving an experimental intervention during the period of the present study that affects benzodiazepine prescription.

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
After intervention	Informative Session	This group will consist of patients who will attend the primary care center after the implementation of the intervention.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Chronic treatment with benzodiazepines	1 year	Percentage of patients treated chronically with benzodiazepines, based on electronic prescription data.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Centro de Salud Vilanova i la Geltrú 3 Baix A Mar; 🇪🇸 Vilanova I La Geltrú, Barcelona, Spain