Barriers and enablers for deprescribing benzodiazepine receptor agonists in older adults: a systematic review of qualitative and quantitative studies using the theoretical domains framework.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Many strategies aimed at deprescribing benzodiazepine receptor agonists (BZRA) in older adults have already been evaluated with various success rates. There is so far no consensus on which strategy components increase deprescribing the most. Yet, despite an unfavourable benefit-to-risk ratio, BZRA use among older adults remains high. We systematically reviewed barriers and enablers for BZRA deprescribing in older adults.

Methods

Two reviewers independently screened records identified from five electronic databases-Medline, Embase, PsycINFO, CINAHL and the Cochrane library-and published before October 2020. They searched for grey literature using Google Scholar. Qualitative and quantitative records reporting data on the attitudes of older adults, caregivers and hea

SUBMITTER: Evrard P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9264665 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature