Changes in benzodiazepine use in the French general population after November 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris: an interrupted time series analysis of the national CONSTANCES cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To determine whether the terrorist attacks occurring in Paris on November 2015 have changed benzodiazepine use in the French population.

Design

Interrupted time series analysis.

Setting

National population-based cohort.

Participants

90 258 individuals included in the population-based CONSTANCES cohort from 2012 to 2017.

Outcome measures

Benzodiazepine use was evaluated according to two different indicators using objective data from administrative registries: weekly number of individuals with a benzodiazepine delivered prescriptions (BDP) and weekly number of defined daily dose (DDD). Two sets of analyses were performed according to sex and age (≤50 vs >50). Education, income and area of residence were additional stratification variables to sea

SUBMITTER: Gouraud C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8451294 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature