Low back pain (LBP) is one of the major disabling health conditions among older adults
aged 60 years or older. While most causes of LBP among older adults are non-specific and …

Various adverse events resulting from, or associated with, benzodiazepine and/or Z-drug
use have been extensively reported on and discussed in great detail within the biomedical …

Summary Background The WHO Comprehensive Mental Health Action Plan 2013–2030
encourages routine collection and reporting of a set of essential mental health indicators …

Background Hip fractures in the older person lead to an increased risk of mortality, poorer
quality of life and increased morbidity. Benzodiazepine (BNZ) use is associated with …

Introduction Although many clinical guidelines caution against the combined use of opioids
and benzodiazepines, overdose deaths and emergency department visits involving the co …

Temporal trends in hip fracture incidence have recently been reported in some developed
countries. Such data in Spain has previously been incomplete; this study reports the …

Purpose Anxiolytics and hypnotics are widely used and may cause injurious falls. We aimed
to examine associations between exposure to anxiolytics and hypnotics and the risk of hip …

Background Benzodiazepine use is associated with adverse drug events and higher
mortality. Known risk factors for benzodiazepine-related adverse events include lung …

Background Despite an increase in the prevalence of sleep problems, few studies have
investigated changes in the prescribing of drugs that are often used to manage insomnia …

Emerging and changing evidence made it necessary to update STOPP-START criteria, and
version 2 was published recently. In this study the objectives were to determine the …