Deprescribing in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Deprescribing has the potential to improve patient safety and quality of care by reducing polypharmacy and potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs), which in turn may reduce adverse drug events. Questions remain about the effectiveness of deprescribing interventions in outpatient settings.

Objective

To determine the association of deprescribing interventions with reducing medication count and PIMs in community-dwelling older adults.

Data sources

Included studies were English-language human studies in PubMed and the Cochrane Library published from January 2019 to July 26, 2024, and results were supplemented with reference-mining and expert consultation.

Study selection

Studies were eligible if they were solely or primarily about deprescribing, foc

SUBMITTER: Linsky AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12062908 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature