Publications by authors named "R T Holzbach"
Objective: to estimate excess deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic in the state of Santa Catarina and its macro-regions, Brazil, 2020-2021.
Methods: this was an ecological study, using data from the Mortality Information System; excess deaths in adults were calculated by the difference between the observed number of deaths and expected number of deaths, taking into account the average of deaths that occurred between 2015 and 2019; the variables "macro-region of residence", "quarter", "month", "sex" and "age group" were analyzed; data were analyzed in a descriptive manner.
Results: a total of 6,315 excess deaths in 2020 and 17,391 in 2021, mostly in males (57.
Objective: The Lippstädter Benzo-Check is intended to motivate those affected by unwanted effects of Benzodiazepines and Z-drugs. This study serves as the first check whether the Lippstädter Benzo-Check adequately recorded the symptoms of longterm-use before the withdrawal and, on the other hand, a depressive control group without taking the corresponding drugs unremarkable values achieved.
Methods: 101 inpatient withdrawal patients with dependency on Benzodiazepines or Z-drugs and 154 day clinic patients without benzodiazepines or Z-drugs completed the Lippstädter Benzo-Check at the beginning of treatment.
Background: An estimated 1.4 to 2.6 million people in German suffer from drug dependence.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: The majority of medication-dependent persons uses sedatives and hypnotics for many years. In this study we describe trends of benzodiazepine and z-drug prescriptions over a 10-years period.
Methods: Prescriptions from 2006 to 2015 (based on German statutory health insurances) from the North German Pharmacy Computing Centre (NARZ) were analysed for the Federal states Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg, Lower Saxony and Bremen.