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Implementation Strategies for a Simple Intervention to Reduce Longterm Benzodiazepine Use in Dutch Community Pharmacies

NCT00268775 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 20000

Last updated 2009-08-18

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the effect of two implementation strategies for a simple patient-directed intervention to reduce long-term benzodiazepine use in Dutch community pharmacies.

Conditions

  • Benzodiazepines Therapeutic Use

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

training and follow-up of pharmacists

BEHAVIORAL

patient-directed discontinuation letter

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Zorgverzekeraar CZ

    collaborator OTHER

  • Scientific Institute for Dutch Pharmacists, The Netherlands

    collaborator OTHER

  • Radboud University Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Peter G de Smet, PhD · Scientific Institute for Dutch Pharmacists, The Netherlands

  • Michel Wensing, PhD · Centre for Quality of Care Research Nijmegen

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-11-30
Primary Completion
2006-12-31
Completion
2006-12-31

Countries

  • Netherlands

Study Locations

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