Benzodiazepine receipt in adults with psychogenic non-epileptic seizures in the USA.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Characterising benzodiazepine (BZD) prescribing to individuals with psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) is important for optimising PNES outcomes, but existing data is lacking.

Methods

Using a nationwide administrative claims database (2016-2022), incident PNES was defined as an International classification of diseases, tenth revision, clinical modification (ICD-10-CM) diagnosis in an inpatient or outpatient healthcare encounter after a 1-year period with no documented diagnosis. We described clinical characteristics of adults with incident PNES and estimated the prevalence of outpatient BZD treatment in the baseline year and 30-day follow-up period, with secondary analyses stratifying by baseline ES, anxiety and/or insomnia diagnoses, representing common in

SUBMITTER: Xu KY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11418548 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature