Effort-reward imbalance and long-term benzodiazepine use: longitudinal findings from the CONSTANCES cohort.

Effort-reward imbalance was linked with incident LTBU over a 2-year follow-up period after adjustment for sociodemographic and health-related factors. Thus, screening and prevention of the risk of LTBU should be systematised among individuals experiencing effort-reward imbalance, with special attention paid to smokers.