title: Benzodiazepine use in Santiago, Chile.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  To describe benzodiazepine use in the adult population from Santiago, Chile and attempt to establish associations with different sociodemographic and medical variables.
  
  
  METHODS
  This is a cross-sectional study whose sampling frame was the adult population, aged 16 to 64 years (n = 3,237,286). The sampling strategy was probabilistic, poly-stage and stratified.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 3,870 persons were interviewed. Prevalence of benzodiazepine use was 3.84 %. Statistically significant associations were found between benzodiazepine use and gender, age, marital status, income, presence of a common mental disorder and health perception.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Training of the general practitioner to regulate the use of benzodiazepine is necessary.
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Medicina, Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile, Avenida La Paz 1003, Santiago, Chile. rfritsch@ns.hospital.uchile.cl
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fritsch Montero
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rojas Castillo
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gaete Olivares
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Araya Baltra
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: González Rubio
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001569:Benzodiazepines / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002391:Catchment Area, Health; D002677:Chile / Q000453:epidemiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004363:Drug Utilization; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents; D001569:Benzodiazepines