Functionality Details

All data must be read in conjunction with the survey limitations

The table below gives all the percentages of respondents who were able to do each of the specified activities with ease and without ease at each of the various benzo stages. The highlighted blue cells show the activity that was easiest at each stage. The highlighted yellow cells show the activity that was most difficult at each stage.

		Before Benzos	Decided to Withdraw	Worst Point in Withdrawal	End of taper	12 Months off Not Well	24 Months off Not Well	36 Months off Not Well	Stay on Benzos
Self care	With Ease	93%	75%	58%	77%	83%	88%	80%	82%
	Without Ease	7%	25%	42%	23%	17%	12%	20%	18%
Cooking	With Ease	85%	55%	27%	53%	64%	77%	80%	70%
	Without Ease	15%	45%	73%	47%	36%	23%	20%	30%
Housework	With Ease	85%	50%	23%	51%	43%	62%	73%	68%
	Without Ease	15%	50%	77%	49%	57%	38%	27%	32%
Shopping	With Ease	81%	47%	18%	44%	43%	58%	60%	61%
	Without Ease	19%	53%	82%	56%	57%	42%	40%	39%
Socializing	With Ease	71%	31%	9%	34%	23%	19%	33%	57%
	Without Ease	29%	69%	91%	66%	77%	81%	67%	43%
Driving	With Ease	80%	51%	25%	51%	49%	54%	60%	66%
	Without Ease	20%	49%	75%	49%	51%	46%	40%	34%
Working	With Ease	76%	32%	13%	30%	15%	19%	20%	48%
	Without Ease	24%	68%	87%	70%	85%	81%	80%	52%
Exercise	With Ease	79%	33%	20%	39%	23%	35%	53%	52%
	Without Ease	21%	67%	80%	61%	77%	65%	47%	48%
Intellectual	With Ease	81%	39%	18%	45%	46%	42%	40%	70%
	Without Ease	19%	61%	82%	55%	54%	58%	60%	30%

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Last updated 21 July 2020