NCT03937180

Blended Care for the Discontinuation of Benzodiazepine Use

The Effectiveness of a Blended Care Program for the Discontinuation of Benzodiazepines Use for Sleeping Problems in Primary Care: a Clustered Randomized Trial.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 924 (actual)
• Sponsor: Kristien Coteur · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study aims to compare two strategies performed by GPs to help patients taking benzodiazepines on a daily basis for at least six months to discontinue their use. The first strategy consists of the usual or standard support provided by the GP, which often starts with a discontinuation advice or letter, the second is blended support where face-to-face consultations with the GP are alternated with web-based self-learning by the patient.

Conditions

• Benzodiazepine Dependence
• Benzodiazepine Dependent
• Benzodiazepine Withdrawal

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Blended care	An interactive e-learning programme delivered through a secured web-based platform for patients and general practitioners (GPs), blended with face-to-face contacts between the involved GP and patient.
BEHAVIORAL	Usual care	General practitioners offering usual care are expected to follow the Belgian guidelines as described in the most recent online version of "Anxiety, stress and sleeping problems A toolbox for general practitioners." or "Sleeping pills and sedatives. How to assist your patients in the search for other solutions?" which are both available in French and Dutch.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-06-24
• Primary completion: 2021-07-30
• Completion: 2021-08-02
• First posted: 2019-05-03
• Last updated: 2022-07-15

Locations

110 sites across 1 country: Belgium