Quality Of Life Amongst Benzodiazepine Users Pre And Post Deprescribing

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dc.contributor.authorShree H. S., S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorKumar N., N.en_US
dc.contributor.authorE., M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorH. S., V.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-24T08:01:17Z
dc.date.available2020-09-24T08:01:17Z
dc.date.issued2019-08
dc.description.abstractObjective: The study aimed to analyze the Quality of Life (QoL) of patients utilizing benzodiazepines (BZDs). Methods: A prospective interventional study was conducted among 109 patients who met the inclusion criteria. The patients consuming BZDs more than the prescribed duration were identified and deprescribed. Deprescribing plan was advised after discussing with the prescribing psychiatrist and inappropriate BZD users. The QoL of patient’s pre and post-intervention amongst both the continuing and deprescribed groups was evaluated by WHO-QoL BREF questionnaire. Results: Mean scores in the domains of physical health (71.48), psychological health (68.74), social relationships (65.15) and environmental health (68) among the deprescribed group was higher compared to the maintenance group. Independent t-test statistic for QoL showed a statistical significance in all 4 domains with p value<0.05. Conclusion: The current study emphasizes that deprescribing of BZDs as shared decision model involving the physician, pharmacist and patients improves the QoL of the patient.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Pharmacy Practice, M. S. Ramaiah College of Pharmacy, Bangalore, Karnataka, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Pharmacy Practice, M. S. Ramaiah College of Pharmacy, Bangalore, Karnataka, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy, M. S. Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Psychiatry, Assistant Professor, Ramaiah Medical College and Hospitals, Bangalore, Karnataka, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.citationShree H. S. S., Kumar N. N., E. M., H. S. V.. Quality Of Life Amongst Benzodiazepine Users Pre And Post Deprescribing. International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. 2019 Aug; 11(8): 91-92en_US
dc.identifier.issn0975-1491
dc.identifier.issn2656-0097
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/205941
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherInnovare Academic Sciences Pvt. Ltd.en_US
dc.relation.issuenumber8en_US
dc.relation.volume11en_US
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.22159/ijpps.2019v11i8.33960en_US
dc.subjectLife amongst benzodiazepineen_US
dc.subjectPost deprescribingen_US
dc.titleQuality Of Life Amongst Benzodiazepine Users Pre And Post Deprescribingen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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