Sedative hypnotics in older people with insomnia: meta-analysis of risks and benefits

By Jennifer R. Glass, K. Lanctôt, N. Herrmann, B. Sproule, U. Busto. British medical journal, 2005

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Medication as a risk factor for falls: critical systematic review. (2007, result): “Similar findings were reported in a recent meta-analysis of 24 studies (60).”
Exercise training improves sleep quality in middle-aged and older adults with sleep problems: a systematic review. (2012, background): “To date, the most common treatments for insomnia remain pharmacological agents (Nowell et al 1997, Smith et al 2002, Glass et al 2005).”
The effects of physical activity on sleep: a meta-analytic review (2015, background): “Despite the availability of efficacious pharmacologic (Glass et al., 2005; Smith et al., 2002) and cognitivebehavioral (Montgomery & Dennis, 2003; Morin et al., 1999) sleep interventions, the majority of insomnia suf- Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article…”
European guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of insomnia (2017, positive): “In light of the evidence, Glass et al. (2005) conclude that the undesired side-effects outweighed the benefits of BZ/BZRA use in the elderly >60 years.”