Scandinavian journal of public health
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Scand J Public Health · May 2009
Disability pension is associated with the use of benzodiazepines 20 years later: a prospective study.
The Norwegian government states that actions are needed to stimulate working capacity in disability pension (DP) recipients with such a potential. Identification of factors that may impair rehabilitation efforts, such as information on the start of benzodiazepines in DP recipients, may be useful in this context.Thus, the aim of the study was to describe the association between receipt of DP and later prescriptions of benzodiazepines among non-users at baseline. ⋯ For both men and women, the chance of being prescribed benzodiazepines was higher among those reporting being DP recipients 20 years in the past.