Developing a Theoretically Informed Strategy to Enhance Pharmacist-Led Deprescribing in Care Homes for Older People.

ABSTRACT: Polypharmacy is prevalent in older people residing in care homes. Deprescribing, reducing or stopping harmful or unnecessary medicines, leads to improvements in patient- and health-system-orientated outcomes. This study identified the barriers and enablers to pharmacists proactively deprescribing in United Kingdon care homes. It draws on methods from behavioural science. Twenty-nine participants who had previously taken part in a deprescribing randomised control trial (sixteen pharmacists, six primary care doctors, and seven care home managers) were interviewed. Data were mapped to the Theoretical Domains Framework to understand pharmacists' deprescribing behaviour. Barriers were deprescribing seen as risky and perceived resistance to deprescribing by residents, their families, and care ho

SUBMITTER: Birt L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12452554 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature