Prevalence and sociodemographic characteristics associated with benzodiazepines use among community dwelling older adults: the Bambuí Health and Aging Study (BHAS)
Alvarenga, Jussara Mendonça; Loyola Filho, Antônio Ignácio de; Firmo, Josélia Oliveira Araújo; Lima-Costa, Maria Fernanda; Uchoa, Elizabeth.
Braz. J. Psychiatry (São Paulo, 1999, Impr.)
; 30(1): 7-11, mar. 2008. ilus, tab
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OBJECTIVES:
To assess the prevalence and sociodemographic characteristics associated with benzodiazepine use among community-dwelling older adults.METHOD:
1606 subjects, aged > 60 years, corresponding to 92 percent of the residents of Bambuí city, participated in this study. The information about medication use was obtained by means of a standard interview and the review of medication packaging. Substances were classified using the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Index.RESULTS:
The prevalence of benzodiazepine current use was 21.7 percent (26.7 percent among females and 14.0 percent among males). From these, 68.7 percent had been taking the medication for over one year, 31.3 percent for over five years and 53.2 percent were using long half-life benzodiazepines. The medication most frequently used was bromazepam (35.6 percent), followed by diazepam (22.5 percent), clonazepam (12.6 percent) and lorazepam (7.8 percent). After adjustment for confounders, female gender (RP = 1.93; CI95 percent = 1.51-2.46) was the only sociodemographic characteristic found to be independently associated with substance consumption.CONCLUSIONS:
The prevalence of benzodiazepine use in the study population was high, but within the variation observed in developed countries. Chronic use of benzodiazepines and long half-life medications predominated.
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