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Use of the EMPOWER brochure to deprescribe sedative-hypnotic drugs in older adults with mild cognitive impairment

BACKGROUND: Evidence-based mailed educational brochures about the harms of sedative-hypnotic use lead to discontinuation of chronic benzodiazepine use in older adults. It remains unknown whether patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) are able to understand the information in the EMPOWER broch...

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Published in:BMC Geriatr
Main Authors: Martin, Philippe, Tannenbaum, Cara
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2017
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5282809/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28143413
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-017-0432-5
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