A survey assessing current benzodiazepine prescribing patterns and factors influencing benzodiazepine prescribing by Newfoundland and Labrador physicians
Year: 2014
Type: dissertation
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The Health Transition Fund report (Kennedy & Goyer, 2002) indicated that prescribing \npractices for benzodiazepines (BZDs) are frequently inappropriate, but more difficult to \ninfluence than others. The inappropriate benzodiazepine (BZD) prescriptions and the \ninability to influence prescription behavior through educational means provides \njustification for further study to understand the underlying factors associated with \nprescriptions. A survey of physicians can help objectify the variable(s) that play role(s) in \nthe prescription of BZDs. For this thesis, a self-administered cross-sectional survey was \nconducted among the physicians in Newfoundland and Labrador in 2007 to assess the \nprescribing patterns of BZDs and variables influencing them. Response rate was 30.68% \n(n= 297) of which 78.48% (n = 233) prescribed BZDs. The BZD prescribing patterns and \nfactors affecting them were significantly influenced by demographic variables of the \nrespondents; these findings may be used to develop physician education tools that may \nhelp to optimize the BZD prescribing patterns.
Author: Shweta Suresh Pai
Language: English
Subfield: Geriatrics and Gerontology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2228465368