Long-term sedative use among community-dwelling adults: a population-based analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Chronic use of benzodiazepines and benzodiazepine-like sedatives (z-drugs) presents substantial risks to people of all ages. We sought to assess trends in long-term sedative use among community-dwelling adults in British Columbia.

Methods

Using population-based linked administrative databases, we examined longitudinal trends in age-standardized rates of sedative use among different age groups of community-dwelling adults (age ≥ 18 yr), from 2004 to 2013. For each calendar year, we classified adults as nonusers, short-term users, or long-term users of sedatives based on their patterns of sedative dispensation. For calendar year 2013, we applied cross-sectional analysis and estimated logistic regression models to identify health and socioeconomic risk factors associ

SUBMITTER: Weymann D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5378535 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan-Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature