Publications

BE-SAFE publications

2025

Comparative effectiveness of interventions to facilitate deprescription of benzodiazepines and other sedative hypnotics: systematic review and meta-analysis

Dena Zeraatkar, assistant professor, Sumanth Kumbargere Nagraj, senior researcher, Michael Ling, research coordinator, Tanvir Jassal, research assistant, Sarah Kirsh, master’s student, João Pedro Lima, methodologist, Tyler Pitre, internist, Rachel Couban, librarian, Muizz Hussain, resident physician, Siri Seterelv, medical doctor and doctoral student, Stijn Van de Velde, senior researcher, Katarzyna Gustavsson, senior researcher, Adam Wichniak, professor, Carole E Aubert, professor, Antoine Christiaens, postdoctoral researcher, Anne Spinewine, professor, Thomas Agoritsas, associate professor
BMJ 2025; 389 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2024-081336 (Published 17 June 2025), Cite this as: BMJ 2025;389:e081336

Barriers to Deprescribing Benzodiazepines in Older Adults in a Survey of European Physicians

Vladyslav Shapoval, MD; Marie de Saint Hubert, MD, PhD; Perrine Evrard, MPharm; et al
JAMA Netw Open | Published Online: March 3, 2025 | 2025;8;(3):e2459883. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.59883

Equipping physicians for benzodiazepine receptor agonists deprescription in older adults: theory-based development of the BE-SAFE intervention

François-Xavier Sibille, Joanna Salbert, Lucy Bolt, Vagioula Tsoutsi, Enrico Callegari, Olivia Dalleur, Tokandji Adda, Thomas Agoritsas, Thomas Berger, Carole E. Aubert, Dimitris Dikeos, Antoni Salvà, Begoña Pascual, Ramon Miralles, Torgeir Bruun Wyller, Andrea M. Patey, Jeremy M. Grimshaw, Adam Wichniak, Anne Spinewine, Marie de Saint Hubert
Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy | Available online 21 May 2025

2023

Deprescribing benzodiazepine receptor agonists for insomnia in older adults.

Antoine Christiaens, Carole E. Aubert, Adam Wichniak, Antoni Salvà Casanovas, Anne Spinewine.
Published: October 21, 2023 - DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(23)01562-3