Translation, cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the revised Patients' Attitudes Towards Deprescribing (rPATD) questionnaire in Japanese.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Deprescribing, a structured process aimed at improving medication safety, requires an approach that aligns with the beliefs and attitudes of patients and caregivers. The revised Patients' Attitudes Towards Deprescribing (rPATD), widely used across countries and disease contexts, may be able to capture the attitudes of older adults and caregivers toward deprescribing in Japan.

Objectives

To translate rPATD into Japanese and assess its cultural adaptability, and to examine its applicability to older adults and caregivers in Japan.

Methods

rPATD was translated into Japanese using a forward-back translation process. Psychometric properties were evaluated among older adults aged 65 years or older who used community pharmacies and caregivers recruited from a web

SUBMITTER: Ishii M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12719195 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature