Emotional barriers and facilitators of deprescribing for older adults with cancer and polypharmacy: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To describe emotional barriers and facilitators to deprescribing (the planned reduction or discontinuation of medications) in older adults with cancer and polypharmacy.

Methods

Virtual focus groups were conducted over Zoom with 5 key informant groups: oncologists, oncology nurses, primary care physicians, pharmacists, and patients. All groups were video- and audio-recorded and transcribed verbatim. Focus group transcripts were analyzed using inductive content analysis, and open coding was performed by two coders. A codebook was generated based on the initial round of open coding and updated throughout the analytic process. Codes and themes were discussed for each transcript until consensus was reached. Emotion coding (identifying text segments expressing emotion, nam

SUBMITTER: Ramsdale E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10581937 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature