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- Title
El perfil de usuarios de benzodiazepinas en servicios de atención primaria de la salud de la ciudad de Chapecó, Santa Catarina, Brasil.
- Authors
Oliveira Friestino, Jane Kelly; Remião Luzardo, Adriana; Zachi Gralak, Érika; Scherer Gass, Letícia; Zambrano Guimarães, Patrícia Gonçalves; Roberto Barbato, Paulo
- Abstract
Primary Health Care is a transversal point in the Psychosocial Care Network, responsible for attending to demands related to mental suffering. Although medication represents the main treatment option, the prolonged use of benzodiazepines may lead to tolerance and consequent dependence. The objective of this study is to analyze the frequency and characteristics of benzodiazepine users attending primary healthcare services, through a cross-sectional study conducted in Chapecó, Santa Catarina, a municipality in southern Brazil. Higher proportional prescription was observed in adult and elderly women, with predominance among individuals who were women (80%), white (67.9%), and married (50.7%), with a median age of 56 years. These findings suggest a need to plan and implement changes in the procedures for prescribing and administering benzodiazepines.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; PRIMARY care; OLDER women; BENZODIAZEPINES; CROSS-sectional method; TRANSVERSAL lines
- Publication
Salud Colectiva, 2020, Vol 16, p1
- ISSN
1669-2381
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.18294/sc.2020.2495