Feasibility and perceptions of a benzodiazepine deprescribing quality improvement initiative for primary care providers in Japan.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Quality improvement (QI) initiatives in primary care in Japan are rare. One crucial area for QI is the appropriate prescription of benzodiazepines due to the large and growing elderly population in the country.

Objective

This study aimed to determine the feasibility and other perceptions of a Benzodiazepine receptor agonist medications (BZRAs) deprescribing QI initiative for primary care providers (PCPs) in Japanese primary care clinics.

Design

A qualitative study within a QI initiative.

Participants

We recruited 11 semi-public clinics and 13 providers in Japan to participate in a BZRAs deprescribing initiative from 2020 to 2021. After stratifying the clinics according to size, we randomly allocated implementation clinics to either an Audit only or a

SUBMITTER: Nishimura M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10807085 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature