A study care manager
regularly called patients in the intervention group to provide basic psycho - education; encourage healthy habits (
sleep, exercise, avoid excess alcohol); assess treatment preferences for anti-anxiety
medications; monitor response to treatment; and inform their primary care physicians of their care preference and progress.
A higher percentage of people who took PPIs
regularly or occasionally also took a higher percentage of anticholinergic
medications, which are often used to treat incontinence, depression, and
sleep disorders.