Flurazepam

Exposed non-exposed studies (cohort)

Study Country
Study period
Population source Exposure definition Non-exposure definition Sample size Rmk
Noh, 2022 South Korea
2011 - 2018
All pregnancies in women aged 20 to 45 years at delivery resulting in live births from 1 January 2011 to 31 December 2018, in South Korea. Pregnant women who filled at least Flurazepam prescription during the first trimester (first 90 days of pregnancy). unexposed, sick
Pregnant women who were not prescribed any benzodiazepine from 3 months before the last menstrual period to the end of the first trimester (with similar psychiatric conditions after propensity score).
159 / 3053381 Propensity scored adjusted for indications and led to an unexposed cohort with similar psychiatric conditions => considered as unexposed, sick control groups.

Case-control studies (cohort)

Study Country
Study period
Case Control Sample size Rmk
Sheehy, 2019 Canada
1998 - 2015
Pregnancies ending with spontaneous abortion (pregnancy loss between between the beginning of the sixth week of gestation and the 19th completed week of gestation, excluding planned or induced abortions). Pregnancies ending with live births (5 for each case) randomly selected at the index date and matched with the case pregnancy by gestational age and calendar year. 27149 / 134305

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