One-Year Evolution of Sleep Quality in Older Users of Benzodiazepines: A Longitudinal Cohort Study in Belgian Nursing Home Residents | Zendy

Jolyce Bourgeois | Zendy; Monique Elseviers | Zendy; Luc Van Bortel | Zendy; Mirko Petrović | Zendy; Robert Vander Stichele | Zendy

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One-Year Evolution of Sleep Quality in Older Users of Benzodiazepines: A Longitudinal Cohort Study in Belgian Nursing Home Residents

Author(s) -

Jolyce Bourgeois,

Monique Elseviers,

Luc Van Bortel,

Mirko Petrović,

Robert Vander Stichele

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

drugs and aging

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.024

H-Index - 94

eISSN - 1179-1969

pISSN - 1170-229X

DOI - 10.1007/s40266-014-0203-3

Subject(s) - medicine , pittsburgh sleep quality index , cohort , depression (economics) , geriatric depression scale , cohort study , sleep (system call) , sleep quality , gerontology , physical therapy , psychiatry , depressive symptoms , insomnia , anxiety , macroeconomics , computer science , economics , operating system

Chronic use of benzodiazepines and z-drugs (BZD/Zs), the most commonly used symptomatic treatment for sleep problems, is discouraged because of the unproven long-term effectiveness. In this study, we evaluated 1-year evolution of subjective sleep quality of chronic BZD/Z users compared with nonusers.

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