In the spirit of collaboration, which is really at the heart of Twitter-based journal clubs, @psychiatryjc has invited @GeriMedJC to join in the next #PsychJC discussion. Thanks for the invitation!
Tune into Twitter and use the hashtag, #PsychJC, on January 22, 2015 for a discussion on an interesting Canadian-based RCT led by Montreal-based geriatrician Dr. Cara Tannenbaum, on reducing benzodiazepine use in the elderly.
Reduction of inappropriate benzodiazepine prescriptions among older adults through direct patient education: the EMPOWER cluster randomized trial.
JAMA Intern Med. 2014 Jun;174(6):890-8.
The University of Toronto Geriatric Medicine Journal Club discussed this study at the live version of the journal club in July 2014, a month before #GeriMedJC was launched but this will surely be a lively Twitter discussion, so don't miss out!
The article can be accessed by clicking here. You will also want to check out the intervention which is a sedative-hypnotic deprescribing brochure here.
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