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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: Independent predictors of success were as follows : offering a taper-off program with group therapy (hazard ratio [HR] 2. 4 ; 95 % confidence interval [CI], 1. 5 to 3. 9) or without group therapy (HR 2. 9 ; 95 % CI, 1. 8 to 4. 8) ; a lower daily benzodiazepine dosage at the start of tapering off (HR 1. 5 ; 95 % CI, 1. 2 to 1. 9) ; a substantial dosage reduction by patients themselves just before the start of tapering off (HR 2. 1 ; 95 % CI, 1. 4 to 3. 3) ; less severe benzodiazepine dependence, as measured by the Benzodiazepine Dependence Self-Report Questionnaire Lack of Compliance subscale (HR 2. 4 ; 95 % CI, 1. 1 to 5. 2) ; and no use of alcohol (HR 1. 7 ; 95 % CI, 1. 2 to 2. 5).