Ethical Aspects of Physician Decision-Making for Deprescribing Among Older Adults With Dementia.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Physicians endorse deprescribing of risky or unnecessary medications for older adults (aged ≥65 years) with dementia, but there is a lack of information on what influences decisions to deprescribe in this population.

Objective

To understand how physicians make decisions to deprescribe for older adults with moderate dementia and ethical and pragmatic concerns influencing those decisions.

Design, setting, and participants

A cross-sectional national mailed survey study of a random sample of 3000 primary care physicians from the American Medical Association Physician Masterfile who care for older adults was conducted from January 15 to December 31, 2021.

Main outcomes and measures

The study randomized participants to consider 2 clinical scenarios in whic

SUBMITTER: Norton JD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10548310 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature