How general practitioners would deprescribe in frail oldest-old with polypharmacy - the LESS study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Many oldest-old (> 80-years) with multimorbidity and polypharmacy are at high risk of inappropriate use of medication, but we know little about whether and how GPs would deprescribe, especially in the frail oldest-old. We aimed to determine whether, how, and why Swiss GPs deprescribe for this population.

Methods

GPs took an online survey that presented case-vignettes of a frail oldest-old patient with and without history of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and asked if they would deprescribe any of seven medications. We calculated percentages of GPs willing to deprescribe at least one medication in the case with CVD and compared these with the case without CVD using paired t-tests. We also included open-ended questions to capture reasons for deprescribing and asked wh

SUBMITTER: Mantelli S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6186124 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature