Use of prescription benzodiazepines and related drugs in family caregivers: a nation-wide register-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

objective indicators of sleep and mental health problems in family caregivers have rarely been reported.

Objective

to study the use of prescription benzodiazepines and related drugs (BZDRD) in Finnish family caregivers and matched controls.

Design

prospective follow-up in 2012-17.

Setting

nationwide register-linkage study.

Subjects

all individuals who received family caregiver's allowance in Finland in 2012 (N = 42,256; mean age 67 years; 71% women) and controls matched for age, sex and municipality of residence (N = 83,618).

Methods

information on purchases of prescription BZDRD, including the number of defined daily doses (DDDs), between 2012 and 2017 was obtained from the Dispensations Reimbursable under the National Health Insurance

SUBMITTER: Mikkola TM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9792078 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature