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INTRODUCTION:To describe benzodiazepine use in the adult population from Santiago, Chile and attempt to establish associations with different sociodemographic and medical variables. METHODS:This is a cross-sectional study whose sampling frame was the adult population, aged 16 to 64 years (n = 3,237,286). The sampling strategy was probabilistic, poly-stage and stratified. RESULTS:A total of 3,870 persons were interviewed. Prevalence of benzodiazepine use was 3.84 %. Statistically significant associations were found between benzodiazepine use and gender, age, marital status, income, presence of a common mental disorder and health perception. DISCUSSION:Training of the general practitioner to regulate the use of benzodiazepine is necessary.
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Actas Esp Psiquiatrjournal_title
Actas espanolas de psiquiatriaauthors
Fritsch Montero R,Rojas Castillo G,Gaete Olivares J,Araya Baltra R,González Rubio Isubject
Has Abstractpub_date
2005-09-01 00:00:00pages
286-91issue
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1139-9287issn
1578-2735pii
51110513journal_volume
33pub_type
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