Behavioral Determinants of Older Adults' and Caregivers' Willingness to Deprescribe: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Deprescribing is a strategy to optimize medication use and to prevent medication harm. Despite the fact that behavioral theories have been shown to be useful in explaining health behaviors, the literature on deprescribing relies almost exclusively on attitudes as an explanatory factor for deprescribing behavior. This study systematically reviews the literature that made explicit use of the constructs included in health behavior theories (HBTs) to explain older adults' and informal caregivers' deprescribing behavior and outcomes.

Methods

Studies were screened from five electronic databases by two reviewers. Quantitative interventional and non-interventional studies applying at least one HBTs or construct from these theories to older adults' or informal caregiver' i

SUBMITTER: Alves Jorge S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11895417 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar-Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature