Anxiety Clinical Trial - Prescription of Benzodiazepines by General

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

Portugal has the highest benzodiazepine utilization compared to other European countries. The high utilization of benzodiazepines has been a concern due to reported side effects of long-term use and dependence. Also, these data demonstrate that doctors are possibly choosing an inadequate treatment to manage anxious and depressive syndromes. This research aims to develop and implement in primary health care units an online educational program, following a cluster randomized study design; to study the impact of this educational program for changing general practitioner's benzodiazepine prescription pattern; to analyze of barriers and facilitators to the implementation of the e-PrimaPrescribe program.

Clinical Trial Description

BZD excessive prescription has long been considered a serious mental health concern in many countries. A large number of interventions using different methodologies have been implemented to change BZD prescription pattern at primary health care settings, with limited positive results. The investigators propose the implementation of an effectiveness-implementation hybrid type 1 intervention. In the study it was developed an online platform, named ePrimaPrescribe, which was delivered using a Digital Behavior Change Intervention(DBCI). The investigators included all primary health care units from one region in Portugal which were randomly allocated to receive a Digital Behavior Change Intervention (DBCI) in the format of an online platform to reduce BZD prescription (ePrimaPrescribe) or an online platform concerning communication techniques (control). The investigators primarily aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of the Digital Behavior Change Intervention (DBCI) using as outcome measure the frequency of BZD prescriptions issued per month. Secondarily the investigators aimed to analyze the effect of ePrimaprescribe on antidepressant prescriptions, to study the effect of ePrimaprescribe on diagnosis definition associated with BZD and antidepressant prescription; to perform a cost analysis considering the monthly National Health Service spending with BZD co-payment. The investigators finally aim to analyze the implementation process using quantitative and qualitative methods. ;

Study Design

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

Anxiety
Prescription Drug Abuse and Dependency
Substance-Related Disorders

Clinical Trial Details

NCT number	NCT04925596
Study type	Interventional
Source	Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Contact
Status	Completed
Phase	N/A
Start date	March 1, 2017
Completion date	April 9, 2019

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Prescription of Benzodiazepines by General Practitioners: Characteristics of Prescribing Trend and Implementation of an Online Educational Program

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Related Conditions & MeSH terms