Older Adults' Attitudes Toward Deprescribing in 14 Countries.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Better understanding of patients' attitudes toward deprescribing specific medications will inform future deprescribing interventions.

Objective

To investigate older adults' attitudes toward deprescribing by investigating which medications they would like to have deprescribed, the reasons why, and patient factors associated with interest in deprescribing.

Design, setting, and participants

This survey study was conducted from May 2022 to December 2023 in primary care settings in 14 countries. Patients aged 65 years or older taking 5 or more medications were consecutively recruited by their general practitioner (GP) and completed the questionnaire.

Exposures

Patient characteristics, including gender, number of medications, GP gender, education level, fi

SUBMITTER: Vidonscky Luthold R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11811803 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature