Brief Intervention for Sleep Medication Misuse Among Elderly
ConditionHarmful Use of Hypnotic
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age60+
SponsorUniversity Hospital, Akershus
About this trial
Randomized controlled trial to evaluate effectiveness of behavioral Brief Intervention administered by General practitioners (GPs) versus business as usual on use of Z-hypnotics by elderly patients in primary care.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Self-reported use of Z-hypnotics > 4 days per week and > 4 weeks
Disqualifiers
diagnosis of dementia,
diagnosis of psychosis,
diagnosis of major depression,
diagnosis of delirium,
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- BI (Brief Intervention)
Treatment groups
120 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsLocations
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Akershus University HospitalRecruiting Lørenskog
Norway
NorwaySponsors and collaborators
University Hospital, Akershus
Lead sponsor
University of Oslo
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov