Description of barriers to the deprescription of inappropriate drugs in French hospitalized geriatric services.

ABSTRACT: In France, drug-related iatrogenesis is considered to be the cause of numerous emergency departments consultations and the onset of many disabling comorbidities in elderly people. Deprescribing potentially inappropriate drugs for the older adults could help prevent this. However studies have shown that patients are reluctant to take this approach. The aim of this study was to describe the barriers and attitudes of older adults patients cared for in the French geriatric network as regards deprescribing potentially inappropriate prescription. This study was a non-interventional, multicentric, prospective cross-sectional one carried out with patients aged 75 and over, hospitalized in the French geriatric network. Data was collected using the "revised Patients' attitude toward deprescribing" q

SUBMITTER: Antoniazzi C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12081603 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature