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The Successive Alleys Test of Anxiety in Mice and Rats
Published on: June 17, 2013
概括
长期使用抗焦虑药不常见,影响1.6%的成年人. 大多数长期使用者是年长的女性,有严重的健康问题,不符合常见的刻板印象.
科学领域:
- 精神病学是一个精神病学.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- 长期使用抗焦虑药物引起了人们对依赖性和不良影响的担忧.
- 了解长期使用者的患病率和特征对于公共卫生至关重要.
- 以前的研究往往依赖于刻板印象,而不是经验数据.
研究的目的:
- 为了确定长期使用抗焦虑药在一般成年人群中的患病率.
- 确定长期使用抗焦虑药物的人口和临床特征.
- 检查长期使用抗焦虑药物的医疗保健利用模式.
主要方法:
- 利用了1979年对成年人进行的国家代表性概率调查的数据.
- 长期使用被定义为一年或更长时间每天定期使用抗焦虑剂.
- 分析数据以识别用户人口统计,健康状况和寻求医疗保健的行为.
主要成果:
- 长期使用抗焦虑药物相对罕见,在15%的使用者中发现,相当于一般成人人口 (年龄18-79岁) 的1.6%.
- 长期使用者主要是年长的女性,具有高度的情绪困扰和慢性体质健康问题.
- 许多长期使用者寻求心理健康专业人员的额外帮助,并使用其他心理治疗药物,大多数在定期医生监测下.
结论:
- 长期使用抗焦虑药物并不常见,并且与严重的潜在健康问题有关,挑战了常见的刻板印象.
- 研究结果表明,长期使用抗焦虑药物往往是对有复杂健康需求的个人更广泛的医疗保健管理策略的一部分.
- 进一步的研究应该探索驱动长期焦虑缓解剂使用的特定健康状况,并优化治疗方案.
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