Patient, carer and healthcare professional perspectives on deprescribing in surgical wards: A mixed methods study.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

The perspectives of patients and healthcare professionals regarding deprescribing in surgical wards within hospital settings are unknown. The aim of this study was to explore current practices, attitudes and the enablers and barriers to deprescribing in hospital for older surgical inpatients from the perspectives of doctors, pharmacists, patients and carers.

Methods

A mixed methods study was performed. Two surveys were administered Australia-wide (revised Patients' Attitudes Towards Deprescribing questionnaire for patients/carers and Deprescribing Self-Efficacy Survey for doctors/pharmacists). Interviews, focus groups and observations of ward rounds were conducted with participants from five Australian hospitals. Quantitative data were analysed descriptively, while qual

SUBMITTER: Liu BM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12381604 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature