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The Successive Alleys Test of Anxiety in Mice and Rats
Published on: June 17, 2013
まとめ
長期にわたる抗不安薬の使用は珍しく,成人の1.6%に影響します. ほとんどの長期使用者は,一般的なステレオタイプに適合しない,重大な健康問題のある高齢女性です.
科学分野:
- 精神科医は精神病を患っている.
- 公衆衛生は公衆衛生である.
- エピデミオロジー エピデミオロジー
背景:
- 長期にわたる抗不安薬の使用は,依存症と有害な影響に関する懸念を提起しています.
- 長期使用者の罹患率と特徴を理解することは,公衆衛生にとって極めて重要です.
- 以前の研究は,経験的データではなく,ステレオタイプに依存していたことが多い.
研究 の 目的:
- 一般的な成人の集団における長期的抗不安薬の使用率を決定する.
- 長期にわたる抗不安薬使用者の人口統計的および臨床的特徴を特定する.
- 長期的な抗不安薬使用者のヘルスケア利用パターンを調査する.
主な方法:
- 1979年に実施された成人の全国代表的な確率調査のデータを利用した.
- 長期使用は,1年またはそれ以上の定期的な毎日の抗不安薬の使用として定義されます.
- ユーザーの人口統計,健康状態,ヘルスケアを求める行動などを特定するためにデータを分析した.
主要な成果:
- 長期にわたる抗不安薬の使用は比較的まれで,使用者の15%で発見され,一般の成人人口の1.6% (18-79歳) に相当しました.
- 長期使用者は主に,高い感情的苦痛と慢性的な身体的健康問題を持つ高齢の女性でした.
- 多くの長期使用者は,精神衛生の専門家から追加の助けを求め,他の心理療法薬を使用し,ほとんどの場合,定期的な医師の監視下にあった.
結論:
- 長期にわたる抗不安薬の使用は稀であり,一般的なステレオタイプに挑戦し,重大な根本的な健康問題と関連しています.
- この研究結果から,長期にわたる抗不安薬の使用は,複雑な健康ニーズを持つ個人を対象としたより広範なヘルスケア管理戦略の一部であることが示唆されています.
- 長期的な抗不安薬の使用を促す特定の健康状態を探求し,治療プロトコルを最適化するためのさらなる研究が必要です.
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