A drug education tool developed for older adults changes knowledge, beliefs and risk perceptions about inappropriate benzodiazepine prescriptions in the elderly

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 81-87

  Martin, Philippe ^a,c   Tamblyn, Robyn ^b   Ahmed, Sara ^b   Tannenbaum, Cara ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Benzodiazepine; Health behaviors; Inappropriate prescription; Patient education; Risk perception

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EDUCATION TOOL; DRUG INFORMATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH BELIEF; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERNET; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; BENZODIAZEPINES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PERCEPTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 84878634129     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2013.02.016     Document Type: Article

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