Table 2.

Indication for prescription of daytime benzodiazepines (N = 115)

Indication	N (%)
Severe anxiety	19 (16.5)
Other non-cognitive symptoms	21 (18.3)
Sleep aid	1 (0.9)
Total anxiety/non-cognitive symptom indications	41 (35.7%)
Seizures	8 (7.0)
End-of-life care	45 (39.1)
Alcohol withdrawal	6 (5.2)
Prior to medical treatment or surgery	6 (5.2)
Respiratory distress	4 (3.5)
Other (e.g., “PRN in event of catastrophic upper GI bleed”; critical care protocol)	5 (4.3)

GI gastrointestinal, PRN Pro re nata