Del Rio M C, Alvarez F J
Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Valladolid, Spain.
Therapie. 1996 Mar-Apr;51(2):185-9.
This study looks into patterns of benzodiazepine prescription for patients attending a primary health care setting. Fifty one general practitioners and nurses were involved in the project. Information was recorded over a week, four times a year. In total, there was information available on 571 patients. Patients receiving benzodiazepine treatment tended to be females (68.5 per cent), aged over 40 (84 per cent), married (63.8 per cent) and with primary education level (77.1 per cent). Most patients received long acting (48 per cent) or short acting (36.7 per cent) benzodiazepine treatment. In 46 per cent of the cases the treatment was longer than one year. Benzodiazepines were prescribed for anxiety (44.8 per cent), insomnia (23.8 per cent) and depression (10.1 per cent). The study showed the need to improve rational prescription of these drugs.
本研究调查了在初级卫生保健机构就诊的患者中苯二氮䓬类药物的处方模式。51名全科医生和护士参与了该项目。信息记录为期一周，每年进行四次。总共获得了571名患者的信息。接受苯二氮䓬类药物治疗的患者倾向于为女性（68.5%）、年龄超过40岁（84%）、已婚（63.8%）且具有小学教育水平（77.1%）。大多数患者接受长效（48%）或短效（36.7%）苯二氮䓬类药物治疗。46%的病例治疗时间超过一年。苯二氮䓬类药物用于治疗焦虑（44.8%）、失眠（23.8%）和抑郁（10.1%）。该研究表明有必要改善这些药物的合理处方。
