Prescribing pattern of benzodiazepines in outpatients without a diagnosis of mental disorders: Retrospective study

Introduction: Benzodiazepines (BZD) are efficient drugs used to reduce anxiety, treat insomnia, or used as myorelaxants. BZDs are generally recommended for short-term use due to numerous side-effects and addiction. Objective: To investigate the prescribing pattern in family medicine outpatient clini...

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Autores principales:	Stanetić Kosana D., Petrović Verica Đ., Jatić Zaim M., Stanetić Bojan M., Kević Vesna B., Stanetić Mirko J., Matović Jelena M., Marković Brankica M.
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Publicado:	Serbian Medical Society, Belgrade 2021
Materias:	family physician anti-anxiety agents prescriptions long-term use Medicine (General) R5-920
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:d09225eeace64eb2aa55fcef10c99b292021-12-05T21:29:00ZPrescribing pattern of benzodiazepines in outpatients without a diagnosis of mental disorders: Retrospective study0354-71322217-399410.5937/opmed2102001Shttps://doaj.org/article/d09225eeace64eb2aa55fcef10c99b292021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0354-7132/2021/0354-71322101001S.pdfhttps://doaj.org/toc/0354-7132https://doaj.org/toc/2217-3994Introduction: Benzodiazepines (BZD) are efficient drugs used to reduce anxiety, treat insomnia, or used as myorelaxants. BZDs are generally recommended for short-term use due to numerous side-effects and addiction. Objective: To investigate the prescribing pattern in family medicine outpatient clinics, in patients without the diagnosis of a mental disorder, and the influence of sociodemographic characteristics on BZD use. Method: A retrospective study of BZDs use, in a tenyear period (2009-2019), was conducted in patients treated in five family medicine teams of three primary health care centers in the Republic of Srpska. The study was carried out by reviewing electronic health records (EHRs) of patients above 18 years of age. The patients with the diagnosis of mental disorders were not recruited in the study. The study included 8560 EHRs, and 259 patients with the diagnosis of the mental disorders were excluded from the study. Results: Out of a total of 8301 analyzed EHRs, in 1044 (12.58%) patients at least one prescription for BZDs was found in a ten-year period. Females used BZDs in a greater percentage (71.07%), persons older than 65 years (44.54%), patients with secondary school education (60.44%), patients with chronic diseases (88.60%), patients living in an urban environment (75.96%). The most prescribed BZD was bromazepam (80.17%). Conclusion: The use of BZDs in our patients is quite considerable when compared to recommendations. The strategies to reduce BZD prescribing are necessary to reduce the chronic use of these drugs.Stanetić Kosana D.Petrović Verica Đ.Jatić Zaim M.Stanetić Bojan M.Kević Vesna B.Stanetić Mirko J.Matović Jelena M.Marković Brankica M.Serbian Medical Society, Belgradearticlefamily physiciananti-anxiety agentsprescriptionslong-term useMedicine (General)R5-920ENSROpšta Medicina, Vol 27, Iss 1-2, Pp 1-10 (2021)
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spellingShingle	family physician anti-anxiety agents prescriptions long-term use Medicine (General) R5-920 Stanetić Kosana D. Petrović Verica Đ. Jatić Zaim M. Stanetić Bojan M. Kević Vesna B. Stanetić Mirko J. Matović Jelena M. Marković Brankica M. Prescribing pattern of benzodiazepines in outpatients without a diagnosis of mental disorders: Retrospective study
description	Introduction: Benzodiazepines (BZD) are efficient drugs used to reduce anxiety, treat insomnia, or used as myorelaxants. BZDs are generally recommended for short-term use due to numerous side-effects and addiction. Objective: To investigate the prescribing pattern in family medicine outpatient clinics, in patients without the diagnosis of a mental disorder, and the influence of sociodemographic characteristics on BZD use. Method: A retrospective study of BZDs use, in a tenyear period (2009-2019), was conducted in patients treated in five family medicine teams of three primary health care centers in the Republic of Srpska. The study was carried out by reviewing electronic health records (EHRs) of patients above 18 years of age. The patients with the diagnosis of mental disorders were not recruited in the study. The study included 8560 EHRs, and 259 patients with the diagnosis of the mental disorders were excluded from the study. Results: Out of a total of 8301 analyzed EHRs, in 1044 (12.58%) patients at least one prescription for BZDs was found in a ten-year period. Females used BZDs in a greater percentage (71.07%), persons older than 65 years (44.54%), patients with secondary school education (60.44%), patients with chronic diseases (88.60%), patients living in an urban environment (75.96%). The most prescribed BZD was bromazepam (80.17%). Conclusion: The use of BZDs in our patients is quite considerable when compared to recommendations. The strategies to reduce BZD prescribing are necessary to reduce the chronic use of these drugs.
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author	Stanetić Kosana D. Petrović Verica Đ. Jatić Zaim M. Stanetić Bojan M. Kević Vesna B. Stanetić Mirko J. Matović Jelena M. Marković Brankica M.
author_facet	Stanetić Kosana D. Petrović Verica Đ. Jatić Zaim M. Stanetić Bojan M. Kević Vesna B. Stanetić Mirko J. Matović Jelena M. Marković Brankica M.
author_sort	Stanetić Kosana D.
title	Prescribing pattern of benzodiazepines in outpatients without a diagnosis of mental disorders: Retrospective study
title_short	Prescribing pattern of benzodiazepines in outpatients without a diagnosis of mental disorders: Retrospective study
title_full	Prescribing pattern of benzodiazepines in outpatients without a diagnosis of mental disorders: Retrospective study
title_fullStr	Prescribing pattern of benzodiazepines in outpatients without a diagnosis of mental disorders: Retrospective study
title_full_unstemmed	Prescribing pattern of benzodiazepines in outpatients without a diagnosis of mental disorders: Retrospective study
title_sort	prescribing pattern of benzodiazepines in outpatients without a diagnosis of mental disorders: retrospective study
publisher	Serbian Medical Society, Belgrade
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/d09225eeace64eb2aa55fcef10c99b29
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Prescribing pattern of benzodiazepines in outpatients without a diagnosis of mental disorders: Retrospective study

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