Effectiveness of a direct-to-consumer written health education program in the reduction of benzodiazepine and sedative-hypnotic use in an elderly population at a single Veterans Affairs medical center

INTRODUCTION: The use of benzodiazepines and sedative-hypnotics in the elderly is associated with a significant risk of delirium, falls, fractures, cognitive impairment, and motor vehicle accidents. This quality improvement project applies a direct-to-consumer intervention to an elderly veteran popu...

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Autores principales: Erwin, William J., Goodman, Courtney, Smith, Tammy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: College of Psychiatric & Neurologic Pharmacists 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6007638/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29955553
http://dx.doi.org/10.9740/mhc.2018.05.100

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