Informative Exhibition for Deprescribing Benzodiazepines (ESUB)

Consorci Sanitari de l'Alt Penedès i Garraf

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Benzodiazepine-Related Disorders

Treatments: Other: Informative Session

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06467019

CSAPG-59

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 6,410 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 99 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

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.

Trial design

6,410 participants in 2 patient groups

Before intervention

Description:

This group will consist of patients who attended the primary care center before the implementation of the intervention.

After intervention

Description:

This group will consist of patients who will attend the primary care center after the implementation of the intervention.

Treatment:

Other: Informative Session