Factors Associated With Long-term Benzodiazepine Use Among Older Adults

doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.2413

. 2018 Nov 1;178(11):1560-1562.

doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.2413.

Factors Associated With Long-term Benzodiazepine Use Among Older Adults

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.

PMID: 30208384
PMCID: PMC6248198
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.2413

Factors Associated With Long-term Benzodiazepine Use Among Older Adults

Lauren B Gerlach et al. JAMA Intern Med. 2018.

. 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.

PMID: 30208384
PMCID: PMC6248198
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.2413

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.

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Conflict of Interest Disclosures: None reported.

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[1] Olfson M, King M, Schoenbaum M. Benzodiazepine use in the United States. JAMA Psychiatry. 2015;72(2):136-142. doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2014.1763 - DOI - PubMed

[2] Olfson M, King M, Schoenbaum M. Benzodiazepine use in the United States. JAMA Psychiatry. 2015;72(2):136-142. doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2014.1763 - DOI - PubMed

[3] Gray SL, Eggen AE, Blough D, Buchner D, LaCroix AZ. Benzodiazepine use in older adults enrolled in a health maintenance organization. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2003;11(5):568-576. doi:10.1097/00019442-200309000-00012 - DOI - PubMed

[4] Gray SL, Eggen AE, Blough D, Buchner D, LaCroix AZ. Benzodiazepine use in older adults enrolled in a health maintenance organization. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2003;11(5):568-576. doi:10.1097/00019442-200309000-00012 - DOI - PubMed

[5] Simon GE, Ludman EJ. Outcome of new benzodiazepine prescriptions to older adults in primary care. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2006;28(5):374-378. doi:10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2006.05.008 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[6] Simon GE, Ludman EJ. Outcome of new benzodiazepine prescriptions to older adults in primary care. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2006;28(5):374-378. doi:10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2006.05.008 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[7] Mavandadi S, Benson A, DiFilippo S, Streim JE, Oslin D. A telephone-based program to provide symptom monitoring alone vs symptom monitoring plus care management for late-life depression and anxiety: a randomized clinical trial. JAMA Psychiatry. 2015;72(12):1211-1218. doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2015.2157 - DOI - PubMed

[8] Mavandadi S, Benson A, DiFilippo S, Streim JE, Oslin D. A telephone-based program to provide symptom monitoring alone vs symptom monitoring plus care management for late-life depression and anxiety: a randomized clinical trial. JAMA Psychiatry. 2015;72(12):1211-1218. doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2015.2157 - DOI - PubMed

[9] Kurko TA, Saastamoinen LK, Tähkäpää S, et al. . Long-term use of benzodiazepines: definitions, prevalence and usage patterns—a systematic review of register-based studies. Eur Psychiatry. 2015;30(8):1037-1047. doi:10.1016/j.eurpsy.2015.09.003 - DOI - PubMed

[10] Kurko TA, Saastamoinen LK, Tähkäpää S, et al. . Long-term use of benzodiazepines: definitions, prevalence and usage patterns—a systematic review of register-based studies. Eur Psychiatry. 2015;30(8):1037-1047. doi:10.1016/j.eurpsy.2015.09.003 - DOI - PubMed

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