Benzodiazepine exposure and 6-month mortality in older adults post-hospitalization: time to consider deprescribing?
BZDs prescription on hospital discharge was associated with an increased risk of 6-month mortality, whereas deprescription may mitigate this excess risk. Our data suggest that hospitalization may represent an opportunity to safely deprescribe BZDs in a controlled setting.
Authors
- Davide Angioni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3253-2522)
- Giuseppe Bellelli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5430-0947)
- Federico Bellelli
- María Cristina Ferrara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7971-5943)
- Alice Margherita Ornago (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-7927-793X)
- Chukwuma Okoye
- Alberto Finazzi
- Ernesto Consorti
- Elena Pinardi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-8068-9406)
Institutions
- Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (FR)
- Inserm (FR)
- Stockholm University (SE)
- Université Fédérale de Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées (FR)
- Karolinska Institutet (SE)
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse (FR)
- Centre de Recherches en Cancérologie de Toulouse (FR)
- Azienda Ospedaliera San Gerardo (IT)
- University of Milano-Bicocca (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Journals of Gerontology Series A
- Published
- 2025-11-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glaf260
- Primary Topic
- Sleep and related disorders
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00