WithdrawnNot Applicable

Impact of Patient Education on Benzodiazepine Use in the Elderly

Stopped: insufficient funding

0Started 2015-06

Plain-language summary

The overall goal of this research is to develop and test strategies to decrease potentially inappropriate medication use among the elderly.

Who can participate

Age range60 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Men and women * Full benefit members living in a SASH facility * 60 years old or older * Using at least 1 active short/medium/long acting benzodiazepine at time of recruitment Exclusion Criteria: * Inability to provide consent * Inability to communicate in English * Diagnosis of severe mental illness, dementia, seizure disorder

What they're measuring

Benzodiazepine or non-benzodiazepine hypnotic medication use

Timeframe: Baseline and 6 months post-intervention

Trial details

NCT IDNCT02478593

SponsorUniversity of Vermont

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2019-01

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