Informative Exhibition for Deprescribing Benzodiazepines

Consorci Sanitari de l'Alt Penedès i Garraf6,410 enrolled

Overview

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.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

6,410

Conditions

Benzodiazepine-Related Disorders

Interventions

Informative SessionOTHER

The intervention consists of implementing an interactive exhibition on the risks of chronic benzodiazepine treatment in the waiting room of a primary care center. Additionally, the health professionals at the center will receive a single informative session on the same topic.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 99 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

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.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Chronic treatment with benzodiazepines

Percentage of patients treated chronically with benzodiazepines, based on electronic prescription data.

Time frame: 1 year

Central Contacts

Jordi Milozzi, MD

CONTACT

+34 938 10 30 03 jmilozzi@csapg.cat

Noemí Casaponsa