Factors Associated With Long-term Benzodiazepine Use Among Older Adults

Lauren B Gerlach; Donovan T Maust; Shirley H Leong; Shahrzad Mavandadi; David W Oslin

doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.2413

Factors Associated With Long-term Benzodiazepine Use Among Older Adults

JAMA Intern Med. 2018 Nov 1;178(11):1560-1562. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.2413.

Authors

Lauren B Gerlach¹, Donovan T Maust^{1

2}, Shirley H Leong³, Shahrzad Mavandadi^{3

4}, David W Oslin^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Program for Positive Aging, Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor.
² Center for Clinical Management Research, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
³ Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center, Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
⁴ Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.

Abstract

This cohort study evaluates factors associated with the transition to long-term benzodiazepine use among older adults newly prescribed this drug by a nonpsychiatric clinician.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Benzodiazepines / therapeutic use*
Drug Prescriptions*
Female
Humans
Male
Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders / drug therapy*

Substances

Benzodiazepines