No prescription of benzodiazepines 1 year after admission | Prescription of benzodiazepines 1 year after admission in moderate-high doses <584 DDDa | Prescription of benzodiazepines 1 year after admission in very high doses ≥584 DDDa | p value | ||||
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N | (%) | N | (%) | N | (%) | ||
Number of individuals | 24498 | 6528 | 2177 | ||||
Age in years at admission date, mean (SD) | 29.2 ± 9.7 | 35.3 ± 10.7 | 41.0 ± 9.5 | <0.001 | |||
Gender | <0.001 | ||||||
Male | 18884 | 77.1 | 4630 | 70.9 | 1512 | 69.5 | |
Female | 5614 | 22.9 | 1898 | 29.1 | 665 | 30.5 | |
Primary drug use at admission | <0.001 | ||||||
Cannabis | 9212 | 37.6 | 1193 | 18.3 | 84 | 3.9 | |
Opioids | 5011 | 20.4 | 2639 | 40.4 | 1166 | 53.6 | |
Methadone or buprenorphine | 1236 | 5.0 | 955 | 14.6 | 594 | 27.3 | |
Heroin | 3454 | 14.1 | 1458 | 22.3 | 463 | 21.3 | |
Other opioids | 321 | 1.3 | 226 | 3.5 | 109 | 5.0 | |
Benzodiazepines | 213 | 0.9 | 207 | 3.2 | 83 | 3.8 | |
Central stimulating drugsb | 3648 | 14.9 | 534 | 8.2 | 50 | 2.3 | |
Other illicit drugs/unknown | 6414 | 26.2 | 1955 | 29.9 | 794 | 36.5 | |
Psychiatric treatment received in 1 year prior to admissionc | 4148 | 16.9 | 1782 | 27.3 | 430 | 19.8 | <0.001 |
Prescription of benzodiazepines 1 year prior to admission | 2464 | 10.1 | 4113 | 63.0 | 2026 | 93.1 | <0.001 |