Impact of Patient Education on Benzodiazepine Use in the Elderly

University of Vermont

Status: Withdrawn

Conditions: Insomnia; Anxiety

Treatments: Behavioral: Educational booklet

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02478593

00000485

Details and patient eligibility

About

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

Full description

Specifically, the purpose of the study is to determine whether direct patient education is effective in decreasing benzodiazepine use in seniors.

Sex: All

Ages: 60+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

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

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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0 participants in 2 patient groups

Experimental group

Experimental group

Description:

Group to receive educational booklet regarding risk/benefits of Benzodiazepine.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Educational booklet

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

Group to receive educational booklet regarding risk/benefits of exercise.