Sedative, hypnotic, and antianxiety medication use in an aging cohort over ten years: a racial comparison

Article Abstract:

A racial comparison has been carried out in an aging cohort over ten years to look at sedative, hypnotic, and antianxiety medication use. Data from a community-based biracial cohort with about 4,000 people at baseline was followed and sociodemographic and health characteristics examined. In the general populations there has been an overall decline in use of these substances, but the group studied continued to use them at a rate greater than that of the general population with no significant decline in use. Factors not related to health status, specifically being Caucasian, were among the strongest correlates of use in the years of followup. Cognitive impairment is a common side effect of these drugs.

Aging, Statistical Data Included, Demographic aspects, Tranquilizing drugs, Tranquilizing agents, Anxiety, Drug utilization, Drug monitoring, Anglo-Americans, English Americans, African American aged, African American elderly

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Claims data studies of sedative-hypnotics and hip fractures in older people: exploring residual confounding using survey information

Article Abstract:

A study determining the magnitude of confounding bias caused due to five factors, observed but not measured in claims data studies involving the relationship between sedative hypnotics use such as benzodiazepines and hip fractures in elderly, is presented. These five factors are, body-mass index, smoking, activity of daily living (ADL) score, cognitive impairment, and Rosow-Breslau physical impairment scale. Results indicate, claims studies tend to overestimate the relationship between sedative hypnotics and hip fractures.

Analysis, Hip joint, Hip fractures, Research bias

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Benzodiazepine use and physical disability in community-dwelling older adults

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A study to identify whether benzodiazepine use contributes to incident disability, in mobility and standard activities of daily living, in male and female community-dwelling older adults, is presented.

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