Clinical trial NCT02478593: Impact of Patient Education on Benzodiazepine Use in the Elderly
Official title: Impact of Patient Education on Benzodiazepine Use in the Elderly
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: WITHDRAWN
Phase: NA
Conditions: Anxiety
Insomnia
Keywords: Education
Geriatric
Benzodiazepine
Prevalence
Lead sponsor: University of Vermont
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2015-06-23
Enrollment: 0
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 60
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

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

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

Eligibility criteria: 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

Primary outcomes:
measure: Benzodiazepine or non-benzodiazepine hypnotic medication use
timeFrame: Baseline and 6 months post-intervention
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Patient attempt to discontinuing benzodiazepine
timeFrame: 1 month and 6 months post-intervention
measure: Patient knowledge regarding benzodiazepines
timeFrame: Baseline and 6 months post-intervention
measure: Belief about Medicines Questionnaire (BMQ)
timeFrame: Baseline and 6 months post-intervention
Other outcomes:
Locations:
Study officials:
affiliation: University of Vermont
name: Charles MacLean, MD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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