A Nursing Home Clinician Survey to Explain Gabapentinoid Increases.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Survey nursing home (NH) clinicians about the indications for NH gabapentinoid use, the factors driving increased prescribing, and their experiences with gabapentinoid deprescribing.

Design

Online clinician survey.

Setting and participants

NH clinicians prescribing gabapentinoids in US NHs.

Methods

An anonymous survey of NH prescribers was conducted using SurveyMonkey from March 15 to July 1, 2024. Recruitment employed crowdsourcing, targeting the membership of NH clinician organizations. A multidisciplinary team developed the instrument. Content focused on the magnitude of gabapentinoid prescribing for different, previously identified, indications, as well as clinician deprescribing experiences and perspectives.

Results

Sixty-two self-identif

SUBMITTER: Winter JD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11671281 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature