Risk perception, attitudes, and quality of life in a multicomponent benzodiazepine deprescription strategy
Background Multicomponent strategies can reduce benzodiazepine (BZD) use. BenzoStopJuntos (Spanish for “Stop Benzos Together”), a multidisciplinary deprescribing programme of the Andalusian Health Service, supports patients to taper/stop BZD through education, behavioral support, and non-pharmacological alternatives. We evaluated whether early changes (6 months) in risk perception and attitudes—and secondarily, quality of life—were associated with long-term discontinuation of…












